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THE    CENTENNIAL  CELEBEATION  ^£iMJ$ 

OF   THE 

THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

OF 

THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE 
UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 

AT  PRINCETON,  NEW  JERSEY 


MAY  FIFTH -MAY  SIXTH -MAY  SEVENTH 
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PRINCETON 

AT  THE  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

1912 


This  volume  has  been  printed  under  the 
supervision  of 


Benjamin  B.  Warfield 
William  P.  Armstrong 
Harold  McA.  Robinson 

Committee 


Copyright  by  the 

Trustees  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 

at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  1912 


TABLE   OF   CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Introductory  Note 1 

Responses  from  the  Courts  op  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 

United  States  op  America 23 

From  the  General  Assembly 25 

From  the  Synods  (arranged  alphabetically) 28 

From  the  Presbyteries  (arranged  alphabetically) 48 

From  the  Fifth  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York  City  .      .  79 

Responses  from  the  Boards  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  the  United  States  op  America  ...  83 

The  Board  of  Home  Missions 85 

The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 85 

The  Board  of  Education 86 

The  Board  of  Publication  and  Sabbath-School  Work     ....  86 

The  Board  of  the  Church  Erection  Fund 87 

The  Board  of  Ministerial  Relief 87 

Responses  from  Other  Ecclesiastical  Bodies 89 

The  General  Assembly  of  the  Church  of  Scotland 91 

The  General  Assembly  of  the  United  Free  Church  of  Scotland     .  92 

The  General  Assembly  of  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland  ....  93 

The  Synod  of  the  Free  Presbyterian  Church  of  Scotland  ...  95 

The  Synod  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  England 96 

The  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Ireland  .  97 
The  Synod  of  Ballymena  and  Coleraine  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 

in  Ireland 98 

The  Diocese  of  New  Jersey  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  .  99 

Responses  from  the  Presiding  Officers  of  Churches      ....  101 

The  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Church  of  Scotland  103 
The  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  United  Free  Church 

of  Scotland 103 

The  Moderator  Designate  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  United 

Free  Church  of  Scotland 104 

The  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Free  Church  of 

Scotland 105 

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The  Moderator  of  the  Synod  of  the  Free  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Scotland 105 

The  Moderator  of  the  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Scotland 106 

The  Moderator  of  the  Synod  of  the  United  Original  Seceders  .      .     107 

The  Moderator  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Synod  in  Ireland     107 

The  Moderator  of  the  Synod  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Eng- 
land         108 

The  Moderator  for  1901  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Welsh 
Calvinistic  Methodist  Connection 109 

The  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Canada 109 

The  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Reformed  Presby- 
terian Church 110 

The  President  of  the  General  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Church  in 
the  United  States Ill 

The  President  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention Ill 

The  Moderator  of  the  National  Council  of  Congregational  Churches     111 

The  Presiding  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
United  States 112 

The  President  of  the  General  Council  of  the  Reformed  Episcopal 
Church         112 

The  President  of  the  General  Synod  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran 
Church  in  the  United  States  of  America 113 

The  President  of  the  General  Council  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran 
Church  in  North  America 113 

The  President  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Synod  of  North 
America 114 

The  President  of  the  German  Evangelical  Synod  of  North  Amer- 
ica     114 

The  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Bishops  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church 116 

The  Senior  Bishop  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South   .     116 

The  Chairman  of  the  Christian  Union  Commission  of  the  Dis- 
ciples of  Christ 117 

The  President  of  the  General  Conference  of  the  Mennonite  Church 
of  North  America 117 


Responses  from  Foreign  Divinity  Faculties 119 

Scotland 

The  Faculty  of  Divinity  of  the  University  of  Edinburgh  .      .      .  121 

The  Faculty  of  Divinity  in  the  University  of  Aberdeen       .      .      .  122 

New  College,  Edinburgh 124 

The  United  Free  Church  College,  Glasgow 125 

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Church  College  at  Aberdeen     . 
The  Free  Church  College,  Edinburgh 127 


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The  United  Free  Church  College  at  Aberdeen 126 


Irelakd 

Assembly's  College,  Belfast 129 

M'Crea-Magee  Presbyterian  College,  Londonderry 130 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  Dublin  University 130 

ENGLAND 

The  Faculty  of  Theology,  University  of  Oxford 131 

The  Faculty  of  Divinity,  University  of  Cambridge      ....  131 

The  Theological  Faculty  in  the  University  of  Durham  ....  132 

The  Faculty  of  Theology,  University  of  London,  King's  College  .  132 

The  Faculty  of  Theology,  University  of  London 133 

Westminster  College,  Cambridge 133 

New  College  and  Hackney  College,  London 134 

Mansfield  College,  Oxford 135 

Baptist  College,  Regent's  Park,  N.  W.,  London 136 

Manchester   College,    Oxford 136 

Wales 

St.  Davids  College,  Lampeter 137 

Netherlands  (and  South  Africa) 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Amsterdam  .      .      .  137 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Groningen  .      .      .  138 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Leiden  ....  139 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Utrecht  ....  140 
The  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church,  Stellen- 

bosch,  South  Africa 141 

Denmark 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Copenhagen     .      .  141 

Norway 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Christiania  ...  142 

Finland 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Helsingfors  ...  143 


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Germany 

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The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Berlin        .      .      .  143 

The  Catholic  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Bonn     .  145 

The  Royal  Lyceum  of  Braunsberg 145 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Erlangen         .      .  146 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Freiburg  i.  B.     .  146 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  Royal  Bavarian  Lyceum,  Freising  147 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Giessen      .      .      .  148 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Gbttingen        .      .  148 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Halle- Wittenberg  149 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Heidelberg      .      .  150 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Jena     ....  151 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Konigsberg     .      .  151 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Leipzig      .      .      .  152 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Marburg         .      .  153 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Munich  .  .  .  154 
The    Evangelical    Theological    Faculty    of    the    University    of 

Strassburg  i.  E 155 

The     Catholic     Theological     Faculty     of     the     University     of 

Strassburg  i.  E 156 

The    Evangelical    Theological    Faculty    of    the    University    of 

Tubingen 157 

The  CathoUc  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Tubingen  158 


France  (and  Jerusalem) 

The  Catholic  University  of  the  West,  Angers 158 

The    Catholic    Faculties    of   Lyons 159 

The  Free  Faculty  of  Protestant  Theology,  Montauban  ....  159 

The  Faculty  of  Protestant  Theology  of  the  University  of  Paris  161 

The   BibUcal   School   of   Jerusalem 161 


Belgium 
The  Catholic  University  of  Louvain 162 


Switzerland 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Basel 162 

The  Catholic  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Bern  .      .  164 

The  Faculty  of  Theology  of  the  University  of  Freiburg      .      .      .  164 

The  Faculty  of  Theology  of  the  University  of  Geneva  ....  165 

The  Evangelical  Theological  Faculty  of  Geneva 166 

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The  Faculty  of  Theology  of  the  Free  Church  of  the  Canton  de 

Vaud,  Lausanne 168 

The  Faculty  of  Theology  of  the  University  of  Neuchatel  .      .      .     169 
The  Free  Faculty  of  Theology  of  the  Evangelical  Church,  Neu- 
chatel      170 


Austria 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Innsbruck     .      .      .  171 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  Salzburg 171 

The  Evangelical  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Vienna  172 


Hungary 

The  Faculty  of  Theology  of  the  Royal  Hungarian  University, 

Budapest 173 

The  Reformed  Theological  Academy,  Budapest 174 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  Reformed  College,  Debreczen  .      .  175 

The  Unitarian  Theological  College,  Klausenburg 178 

The  Reformed  Theological  Academy,  Papa 179 

The  Reformed  Theological  Academy,  Sarospatak 179 

The  Evangelical  Theological  Academy,  Sopron  (Oedenbourg)      .  181 


Bohemia 
The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  Royal  Bohemian  University,  Prague     182 


Canada 

Knox  College,  Toronto 183 

Queen's  University,  Kingston 184 

The  Presbyterian  College,  Montreal 185 

Manitoba  College,  Winnipeg 185 

Westminster  Hall,  Vancouver 186 

The  Faculty  of  Theology  of  Trinity  College,  Toronto  ....  186 

Wycliffe  College,  Toronto 187 

Responses  from  Theological  Schools  in  this  Country  (arranged 

according  to  date  of  opening) 189 

Theological  Seminary  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  America,  New 

Brunswick,  N.  J 191 

St.  Mary's  University  and  Ecclesiastical  Seminary,  Baltimore,  Md.  191 

The  Xenia  Theological  Seminary,  Xenia,  Ohio 192 

Hartwick  Seminary,  Hartwick,  N.  Y 193 

The  Moravian  College  and  Theological  Seminary,  Bethlehem,  Pa.  194 

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Andover  Theological  Seminary,  Cambridge,  Mass 194 

Union  Theological  Seminary,  Richmond,  Va 195 

Bangor  Theological  Seminary,  Bangor,  Me 196 

The  General  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 

Church,  New  York  City 197 

Auburn  Theological  Seminary,  Auburn,  N.  Y 197 

Theological  Seminary,  Colgate  University,  Hamilton,  N.  Y.     .      .  198 

The  Divinity  School  of  Yale  University,  New  Haven,  Conn.     .      .  198 

The  Allegheny  Theological  Seminary,  North  Side,  Pittsburgh  .      .  199 

The  Newton  Theological  Institution,  Newton  Centre,  Mass.  .  .  200 
The  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  the  United 

States,  Lancaster,  Pa 200 

Lutheran  Theological  Seminary,  Gettysburg,  Pa 201 

The  Western  Theological  Seminary,  North  Side,  Pittsburgh     .      .  202 

Columbia  Theological  Seminary,  Columbia,  S.  C 202 

Lane  Theological  Seminary,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 203 

McCormick  Theological  Seminary,  Chicago 203 

Hartford  Theological  Seminary,  Hartford,  Conn 204 

Oberlin  Theological  Seminary,  Oberlin,  Ohio 204 

Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York  City 205 

Meadville  Theological  School,  Meadville,  Pa 206 

Wittenberg  College,  Hamma  Divinity  School,  Springfield,  Ohio  .  206 

German  (Eden)  Evangelical  Missouri  College,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  .      .  207 

Rochester  Theological  Seminary,  Rochester,  N.  Y 207 

Dubuque  German  College  and  Seminary,  Dubuque,  la.  .      .      .      .  208 

Berkeley  Divinity  School,  Middletown,  Conn 209 

Garrett  Biblical  Institute,  Evanston,  111 209 

Eureka  College,  Department  of  Sacred  Literature,  Eureka,  111.  .  210 

Reformed  Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary,  Allegheny,  Pa.      .  211 

St.  John's  University  Ecclesiastical  Seminary,  Collegeville,  Minn.  211 

St.  Lawrence  University,  Canton  Theological  School,  Canton,  N.  Y.  212 

Chicago  Theological  Seminary,  Chicago 212 

Niagara  University  Seminary  of  Our  Lady  of  Angels,  Niagara 

Falls,  N.  Y 213 

Seabury  Divinity  School,  Faribault,  Minn 213 

The  Mission  House,  Plymouth,  Wis 214 

The  Southern  Baptist  Theological  Seminary,  Louisville,  Ky.  .      .  215 

Augustana  College  and  Theological  Seminary,  Rock  Island,  111.     .  216 

Central  Wesleyan  College,  Warrenton,  Mo 216 

Lutheran  Theological  Seminary,  Mount  Airy,  Philadelphia       .      .  217 

De  Lancey  Divinity  School,  Geneva,  N.  Y 218 

The  University  of  Chicago  Divinity  School,  Chicago     ....  218 

Atlanta  Baptist  College  Divinity.  School,  Atlanta,  Ga 219 

Drew  Theological  Seminary,  Madison,  N.  J 219 

Episcopal  Theological  School,  Cambridge,  Mass 220 

Crozer  Theological  Seminary,  Chester,  Pa 220 

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Theological  Department,  The  University  of  the  South,  Sewanee, 

Tenn 220 

The  German  Theological  School  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  Bloomfield,  N.  J.  221 

Pacific  Theological  Seminary,  Berkeley,  Cal 221 

Woodstock  College,  Woodstock,  Md 222 

The  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church, 

Chicago 223 

Alfred  Theological  Seminary,  Alfred,  N.  Yv 223 

Howard  University,  Theological  Department,  Washington,  D.  C.  224 

The  San  Francisco  Theological  Seminary,  San  Anselmo,  Cal.  .      .  224 

Talladega  College,  Theological  Department,  Talladega,  Ala.  .      .  225 

Theological  School  and  Calvin  College,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  .      .  225 

Westminster  Theological  Seminary,  Westminster,  Md 226 

The  Temple  University,  Department  of  Theology,  Philadelphia  .  227 

Western  Theological  Seminary,  Chicago 227 

University  of  Southern  California,  Maclay  College  of  Theology, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal 228 

The  Catholic  University  of  America,  School  of  Sacred  Sciences, 

Washington,  D.  C 228 

Saint  Leo  Abbey,  Saint  Leo,  Fla 229 

The  Seminary  of  the  United  Norwegian  Lutheran  Church,  Saint 

Anthony  Park,  Minn 230 

Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary,  Omaha,  Neb 230 

Houghton  Wesleyan  Methodist  Theological  Seminary,  Houghton, 

N.  Y 231 

Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary  of  Kentucky,  Louisville,  Ky.  231 

Western  Theological  Seminary,  Atchison,  Kan 234 

Taylor  University,  Reade  Theological  Seminary,  Upland,  Ind.       .  234 

Turner  Theological  Seminary,  Morris  Brown  College,  Atlanta,  Ga.  235 

Eugene  Bible  University,  Eugene,  Ore 235 

Manchester  College,  Biblical  Department,  North  Manchester,  Ind.  236 

School  of  Theology,  Kansas  City  University,  Kansas  City,  Kan.  .  237 

Westminster  College,  Theological  Department,  Tehuacana,  Texas  238 
Virginia  Union  University,   Theological  Department,   Richmond, 

Va 238 

Atlanta  Theological  Seminary,  Atlanta,  Ga 239 

Meridian   Male    College,    School   of   Theology   and   Evangelism, 

Meridian,  Miss 240 

Austin  Theological  Seminary,  Austin,  Texas 240 

Pacific  Unitarian  School  for  the  Ministry,  Berkeley,  Cal.  .      .      .  241 
The   Southwestern  Baptist   Theological   Seminary,   Fort   Worth, 

Texas 242 

Central   Theological   Seminary  of  the  Reformed   Church  in  the 

United  States,  Dayton,  Ohio 242 

Pacific  Evangelical  Lutheran  Seminary,  Olympia,  Wash.  .      .      .  243 

St.  Patrick's  Seminary,  Menlo  Park,  Cal 244 

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Responses  from  Missionary  Seminaries 245 

Africa 

Albert  Academy,  Freetown,  Sierra  Leone,  West  Africa      .      .      .  247 

Elat  Theological  School,  Elat,  Kamerun,  West  Africa  ....  247 

Union  Theological  College,  Impolweni,  near  Maritzburg,  Natal     .  248 
Theological  Training  School,  Ogbomoso,  Southern  Nigeria,  West 

Africa 249 

Brazil 

Seminario     Theologico     da    Egreja    Presbyteriana    no     Brasil, 
Campinas 250 

Bulgaria 
The  American  Collegiate  and  Theological  Institute,  Samokov  .      .     250 

Burma 
Karen  Theological  Seminary,  Insein 251 

China 

Fati  Theological  College,  Canton 252 

The  Graves  Theological  School,  Canton 253 

Union  Theological  School,  Foochow  253 

Nanking  Union  Theological  Seminary,  Nanking 254 

Theological  School  of  Shaowu,  Foochow 254 

St.  John's  University,  Shanghai 255 

Ashmore  Theological  Seminary,  Swatow 256 

Denmark 
Methodist  Theological  Seminary,  Copenhagen 257 

India 

United  Theological  College,  Bangalore 257 

Bapatla  Normal  Training  School,  Bapatla 258 

Bareilly  Theological  Seminary,  Bareilly 259 

American  Baptist  Telugu  Mission,  Theological  Seminary,  Rama- 

patnam 260 

Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary,  Saharanpur 261 

Italy 

Scvola  Teologica  Battista,  Rome 261 

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Japan 

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The  Kobe  Theological  School,  Kobe 262 

Theological  School  of  the  Kwansei  Gakuin,  Kobe 263 

The  Doshisha  Theological  School,  Kyoto 263 

North  Japan  College,  Sendai 264 

Japan  Baptist  Theological  Seminary,  Tokyo 265 

Meiji  Gakuin,  Tokyo 265 

Mexico 

Colegio  Internaeional,  Guadalajara 266 

Persia 

Theological  Department,  Urumia  College,  Urumia 266 

Philippine  Islands 

Iloilo  Bible  School,  Iloilo 267 

Porto  Rico 

The  Presbyterian  Theological  Training  School,  Mayagiiez       .      .  268 

Syria 

Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary,  Beirut 268 

TURKEY-IN-ASIA 

Marash  Theological  Seminary,  Marash 269 

Western  Turkey  Theological  Seminary,  Marsovan 270 

Responses  from  Universities  and  Colleges 271 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  Princeton  University 273 

Canada 

Dalhousie  University,  Halifax 273 

The  University  of  Toronto 274 

United  States  of  America  (arranged  according  to  date  of  opening) 

Harvard  University 275 

Yale  University 275 

University  of  Pennsylvania 276 

Brown  University 276 


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Rutgers  College 277 

Dartmouth  College 277 

Washington  and  Lee  University 278 

Dickinson  College 278 

Hampden-Sidney  College 279 

University  of  North  Carolina 280 

Williams  College 281 

Union  University 281 

Middlebury  College 282 

Washington  and  Jefferson  College 282 

Miami  University 283 

Columbia  University 283 

University  of  Pittsburgh 284 

Amherst  College 284 

Franklin  and  Marshall  College 285 

Lafayette  College 285 

New  York  University 286 

Pennsylvania  College 287 

Wabash  College 288 

Delaware  College 288 

Hanover  College 289 

Marietta  College 289 

Transylvania  University 290 

Davidson  College 290 

University  of  Michigan 290 

Westminster  College,  Pa 291 

The  College  of  the  City  of  New  York 292 

Lake  Forest  College 292 

Macalester  College 293 

Lincoln  University 293 

Park  College 294 

Parsons  College 294 

Southwestern  Presbyterian  University 295 

Bellevue  College 295 

Coe  College 296 

The  College  of  Emporia 296 

New  Windsor  College 296 

Alma  College 297 

List  of  Delegates 299 

Programme  op  Exercises 319 

Sermons  and  Addresses 337 

Princeton  Seminary  and  the  Faith,  by  Rev.  Francis  Landey 

Patton,  D.D.,  LL.D 339 


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A  Little  Book  of  Love  and  Life,  by  Rev.  Ethelbert  Dudley  War- 
field,  D.D.,  LL.D 369 

The  Function  and  the  Glory  of  the  Ministry  of  Grace,  by  Rev. 
John  Fleming  Carson,  D.D.,  LL.D 381 

The  Making  of  a  Minister,  by  Rev.  Russell  Cecil,  D.D.       .      .      .     393 

Princeton  in  the  Work  of  the  Pastorate,  by  Rev.  William  Leonard 
McEwan,  D.D 403 

Princeton  on  the  Mission  Field,  by  Robert  Elliott  Speer,  D.D.      .     418 

Princeton  in  Theological  Education  and  Religious  Thought,  by 
Rev.  William  Hallock  Johnson,  Ph.D 437 

Princeton  in  its  Early  Environment  and  Work,  by  Charles  Beatty 
Alexander,  LL.D 455 

On  Some  Church  Problems,  by  Right  Rev.  Alexander  Stewart, 
M.A.,  D.D 468 

A  Scottish  Estimate  of  Princeton  Theology,  by  Right  Rev.  James 
Wells,  M.A.,  D.D 484 

Irish  and  American  Presbyterianism,  by  Right  Rev.  John  Macmil- 
lan,  B.A.,  D.D 499 

Congratulatory  Addresses 

From  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America. 

by  Rev.  William  Henry  Roberts,  D.D.,  LL.D 526 

From  the  Other  Presbyterian  and  Reformed  Churches,  by  Rev. 

John  Crawford  Scouller,  D.D 535 

From  Other  Churches,  by  Right  Rev.  David  Hummell  Greer,  D.D., 

S.T.D.,  LL.D 539 

From  the  Seminaries  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United 

States    of    America,    by    Rev.    James    Gore    King    McClure, 

D.D.,  LL.D 542 

From  the  Seminaries  of  Other  Churches,  I,  by  Rev.  Williston 

Walker,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  L.H.D 549 

From  the  Seminaries  of  Other  Churches,  II,  by  Rev.  Edgar  Young 

Mullins,  D.D.,  LL.D 553 

From  Princeton  University,  by  Rev.  John  Grier  Hibben,  Ph.D., 

LL.D 558 


Response  to  Congratulatory  Addresses 

By  Rev.  Francis  Landey  Patton,  D.D.,  LL.D 563 


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ILLUSTRATIONS 

Facsimile  of  the  catalogue  of  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  for  the  year  1821,  the  earliest  catalogue 
extant frontispiece 

Facsimile  of  the  Response  from  the  Faculty  of  Divin- 
ity in  the  University  of  Aberdeen  .     .     .    facing  p.  119 


C^H 


INTRODUCTORY  NOTE 


INTRODUCTORY  NOTE 


a  i 


The  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,"  located  at 
Princeton,  New  Jersey,  was  founded  in  1812.  The  story 
of  its  foundation  is  embedded  in  the  following  extracts 
from  the  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly. 

The  Committee  [of  Overtures]  also  laid  before  the  Assembly  an 
overture  from  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  for  the  establishment 
of  a  theological  school. 

The  overture  was  read,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Dwight,  and  the  Rev. 
Messrs.  Irwin,  Hosack,  Romeyn,  Anderson,  Lyle,  Burch,  Lacey,  and 
Messrs.  Bayard,  Slaymaker,  and  Harrison,  elders,  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  take  the  overture  into  consideration,  and  report  upon  it. 
(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  23rd,  1809,  re- 
print, p.  417.) 

The  committee  to  which  was  referred  the  overture  in  relation  to 
the  establishment  of  a  Theological  School,  brought  in  the  following 
report,  which  being  read,  was  adopted,  viz. 

The  committee  appointed  on  the  subject  of  a  Theological  School 
overtured  from  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  report : 

That  three  modes  of  compassing  this  important  object  have  pre- 
sented themselves  to  their  consideration. 

The  first  is,  to  establish  one  great  school  in  some  convenient  place, 
near  the  centre  of  the  bounds  of  our  Church. 

The  second  is,  to  establish  two  schools,  in  such  places  as  may  best 
accommodate  the  northern  and  southern  divisions  of  the  Church. 

The  third  is,  to  establish  such  a  school  within  the  bounds  of  each 
of  the  Synods.  .  .  . 

Your  committee  therefore  submit  the  following  resolution,  to  wit : 

Resolved,  That  the  above  plans  be  submitted  to  all  the  Presbyteries 
within  the  bounds  of  the  General  Assembly  for  their  consideration. 

Ill 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

and  that  they  be  careful  to  send  up  to  the  next  Assembly,  at  their 
sessions  in  May  1810,  their  opinions  on  the  subject. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  27th,  1809, 
reprint,  pp.  430,  431.) 

The  committee  appointed  to  examine  the  reports  of  the  several 
Presbyteries  on  the  subject  of  Theological  Schools  .  .  .  reported.  .  .  . 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  same  committee,  with  the  addition  of  Messrs. 
Henry  A.  Rowland,  and  John  M.  Wilson,  be  instructed  to  consider 
the  subject  of  Theological  Schools,  and  report  to  the  Assembly, 
whether  in  their  opinion  any  thing,  and  if  any  thing,  what  is  proper 
farther  to  be  done. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  21st,  1810,  re- 
print, p.  439.) 

The  committee  appointed  to  present  to  the  Assembly  a  plan  for 
the  establishment  of  a  Theological  School,  reported,  and  the  report 
was  laid  on  the  table. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  29th,  1810,  re- 
print, p.  453.) 

The  committee  appointed  farther  to  consider  the  subject  of  Theo- 
logical Schools,  reported,  and  the  report  being  read  and  amended, 
was  adopted,  and  is  as  follows,  viz.  .  .  . 

Resolved  .  .  . 

2.  That  the  General  Assembly  will,  in  the  name  of  the  great  Head 
of  the  Church,  immediately  attempt  to  establish  a  seminary  for 
securing  to  candidates  for  the  ministry,  more  extensive  and  efficient 
theological  instruction  than  they  have  heretofore  enjoyed.  The  local 
situation  of  this  seminary  is  hereafter  to  be  determined.  .  .  . 

5.  That  the  Rev.  Drs.  Green,  Woodhull,  Romeyn,  and  Miller,  the 
Rev.  Messrs.  Archibald  Alexander,  James  Richards,  and  Amzi  Arm- 
strong be  a  committee  to  digest  and  prepare  a  plan  of  a  Theological 
Seminary.  .  .  .  This  plan  is  to  be  reported  to  the  next  General  As- 
sembly. .  .  . 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  30th,  1810,  re- 
print, pp.  453,  454.) 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

The  report  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  last  Assembly  to 
digest  and  prepare  a  plan  of  a  Theological  Seminary,  was  read ;  and 
the  consideration  of  it  was  made  the  order  of  the  day  for  tomorrow 
morning. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  17th,  1811,  re- 
print, p.  465.) 

An  extract  from  the  minutes  of  the  Trustees  of  the  College  of 
New  Jersey,  stating  the  appointment  of  a  committee  of  their  board, 
to  confer  with  a  committee  of  this  Assembly,  on  the  establishment  of 
a  Theological  School,  being  received,  was  read,  and  Drs.  Alexander, 
and  Nott,  the  Rev.  John  P.  Campbell,  Messrs.  Connelly,  and  Bethune, 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  confer  with  the  committee  of  the 
Trustees. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  18th,  1811,  re- 
print, p.  466.) 

The  order  of  the  day,  viz.  the  consideration  of  a  plan  of  a  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  submitted  by  a  committee  appointed  by  the  last 
Assembly,  was  called  up,  and  the  discussion  of  it  was  postponed  to 
hear  the  report  of  the  committee  appointed  to  confer  with  a  com- 
mittee of  the  Trustees  of  New  Jersey  College. 

This  committee  reported  among  other  things,  that  they  deem  it 
expedient  on  the  part  of  this  Assembly,  to  appoint  a  committee  with 
ample  powers  to  meet  a  committee  on  the  part  of  the  Trustees  of 
the  College  of  New  Jersey,  invested  with  similar  powers  to  frame  the 
plan  of  a  constitution  for  the  Theological  Seminary,  containing  the 
fundamental  principles  of  a  union  with  the  Trustees  of  that  College, 
and  the  Seminary  already  established  by  them,  which  shall  never  be 
changed  or  altered  without  the  mutual  consent  of  both  parties,  pro- 
vided that  it  should  be  deemed  proper  to  locate  the  Assembly's 
Seminary  at  the  same  place  with  that  of  the  College. 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  for  these  purposes  be  appointed 
accordingly;  and  that  said  committee  be  further  instructed,  and 
invested  with  powers  to  receive  any  propositions  which  may  be  made 
to  them  for  locating  the  said  seminary  in  any  other  situation  if  it  be 
found  expedient;  all  which  shall  be  fairly  and  fully  reported  to 
the  next  Assembly. 

C  3  ] 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

This  report  was  adopted,  and  a  resolution  passed  to  elect  said 
committee  in  the  afternoon. 

The  subject  of  locating  the  Theological  Seminary  being  discussed, 

it  was  determined  by  a  vote  of  the  Assembly  that  the  rivers  Raritan 

and  Potomac  be  the  limits,  within  which  the  Seminary  shall  be 

located. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  22nd,  1811, 

reprint,  pp.  470,  471.) 

Agreeably  to  the  resolution  of  the  forenoon,  an  election  was  held 
for  a  committee  to  meet  with  a  committee  of  the  Trustees  of  New 
Jersey  College,  and  the  ballot  being  taken,  Drs.  Alexander,  Wilson 
and  Milledoler,  the  Rev.  Messrs.  John  McDowell  and  Janeway,  and 
Messrs.  Robert  Ralston,  and  Divie  Bethune,  were  declared  duly 
elected  to  compose  said  committee  of  the  Assembly. 

Resolved,  That  Dr.  Alexander  be  the  chairman  of  this  committee, 

and  that  he  have  power  to  appoint  the  time  and  place  of  the  first 

meeting  of  the  committee,  and  that  he  give  notice  accordingly  to  the 

members. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  22nd,  1811, 

reprint,  p.  471.) 

The  order  of  the  day  was  again  called  up  ;  and  after  some  progress 
made  in  reading  the  report  of  the  committee  appointed  by  last  As- 
sembly, to  draw  up  a  plan  of  a  Theological  School,  the  farther  read- 
ing and  consideration  of  said  report  was  postponed  till  tomorrow 

morning. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  22nd,  1811, 

reprint,  p.  471.) 

The  order  for  the  day  was  again  called  up ;  and  after  making 
considerable  progress  in  reading  the  report  by  paragraphs,  and 
making  a  number  of  amendments  and  alterations  in  it,  the  Assembly 
adjourned  until  four  o'clock  P.  M. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  23rd,  1811, 
reprint,  p.  472.) 

The  order  for  the  day  was  again  resumed,  and  the  reading  of 
the  report  of  the  committee  appointed  by  last  Assembly  to  draw  up 

[43 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

a  plan  for  a  Theological  School,  was  finished,  except  articles  7th  and 
9th,  which  were  referred  to  the  consideration  of  next  Assembly.  The 
report  being  thus  far  corrected  and  amended,  was  adopted. 

Resolved,  That  the  committee  which  reported  the  plan  for  a  Theo- 
logical School,  be  continued;  that  they  print  for  circulation  in  the 
churches,  so  much  of  the  plan  as  has  been  adopted  by  the  Assembly ; 
and  that  they  digest  and  prepare  such  farther  provisions  and  regu- 
lations for  said  seminary  as  they  may  judge  to  be  necessary,  and 
report  the  same  to  the  next  Assembly. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  23rd,  1811,  re- 
print, p.  472.) 

Resolved,  That  the  committee  appointed  to  confer  with  a  com- 
mittee of  the  Trustees  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey,  be,  and  they 
hereby  are  instructed  to  consider  the  several  articles  of  the  plan  of  a 
Theological  Seminary,  so  far  as  the  same  are  adopted  by  this  Assem- 
bly, as  their  guide  in  the  proposed  conference,  which  they  shall  in 
no  case  contravene. 

{Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  24th,  1811,  re- 
print, p.  479.) 

It  being  the  order  of  the  day,  the  report  of  the  committee  on  the 
subject  of  locating  the  Theological  Seminary  was  called  up. 

A  motion  was  made  and  seconded,  that  said  seminary  be  located 
at  Princeton.  After  considerable  discussion  on  the  motion,  the 
Assembly 

Adjourned  till  4  o'clock  P.  M. 

{Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  26th,  1812,  re- 
print, p.  496.) 

The  discussion  of  the  motion  made  in  the  forenoon  was  resumed, 
and  after  still  farther  discussion  of  the  subject,  the  Assembly 
Adjourned  till  9  o'clock  tomorrow  morning. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  26th,  1812, 
reprint,  p.  496.) 

The  subject  left  unfinished  yesterday  afternoon  was  again  re- 
sumed. 

C5  1 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

A  motion  was  made  and  seconded,  that  the  subject  of  locating  the 
Theological  School  be  postponed  for  the  present  year,  and  recom- 
mended to  the  attention  of  the  next  Assembly. 

The  question  being  taken  was  determined  in  the  negative. 

The  original  motion  was  then  called  up,  and  was  amended,  and 
with  the  amendment  is  as  follows : 

Resolved,  That  Princeton  be  the  site  of  the  Theological  Seminary, 
leaving  the  subject  open  as  to  its  permanency,  agreeably  to  the  stipu- 
lations agreed  upon  by  the  joint  committee  of  the  last  Assembly  and 
the  Trustees  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey.  After  some  discussion  of 
the  resolution  thus  amended,  the  Assembly  adjourned  till  4  o'clock, 
P.M. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  27th,  1812, 
reprint,  p.  496.) 

The  subject  of  locating  the  Theological  Seminary  was  again  called 
up,  and  being  under  discussion,  the  Assembly  adjourned  till  nine 
o'clock,  tomorrow  morning. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  27th,  1812, 
reprint,  p.  496.) 

The  resolution  for  locating  the  Theological  Seminary  was  again 
resumed,  and  after  considerable  discussion,  and  special  prayer  for 
direction  on  the  important  subject,  was  adopted,  and  is  as  follows, 
viz. 

Resolved,  That  Princeton  be  the  site  of  the  Theological  Seminary, 
leaving  the  subject  open  as  to  its  permanency,  agreeably  to  the  stipu- 
lations agreed  upon  by  the  joint  committees  of  the  last  Assembly  and 
the  Trustees  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  28th,  1812, 
reprint,  p.  497.) 

The  following  plan  of  an  agreement  between  a  committee  ap- 
pointed by  the  last  General  Assembly,  and  a  committee  of  the  Trus- 
tees of  the  College  of  New  Jersey,  for  the  location  and  establishment 
of  a  Theological  Seminary,  was  submitted  to  this  Assembly,  and  was 
adopted,  and  is  as  follows,  viz. 

1.  That  the  Theological  Seminary,  about  to  be  erected  by  the 

:6] 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

General  Assembly,  shall  have  its  location  in  Princeton  or  its  imme- 
diate vicinity,  in  the  state  of  New  Jersey;  and  in  such  connexion 
with  the  College  of  New  Jersey,  as  is  implied  in  the  following 
articles.  .  .  . 

9.  .  .  .  And  the  Trustees  engage  that,  while  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary shall  remain  at  Princeton,  no  professorship  of  theology  shall 
be  established  in  the  College.  .  .  . 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  28th,  1812. 
reprint,  pp.  499,  500.) 

Resolved,  That  an  election  for  Directors  of  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary, and  for  a  Professor  of  Didactic  and  Polemic  Divinity,  and 
other  Professors,  if  the  Assembly  think  proper,  be  held  on  Saturday 
morning  next.  .  .  . 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  28th,  1812. 
reprint,  p.  501.) 

Nominations  were  made  for  Directors  of  the  Theological  Seminary. 
(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  29th,  1812, 
reprint,  p.  504.) 

It  being  the  order  of  the  day,  the  Assembly  proceeded  to  the 
election  of  Directors  of  the  Theological  Seminary.  .  .  . 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  30th,  1812,  re- 
print, p.  508;  for  the  names,  see  p.  509.) 

The  order  of  the  day,  viz.  the  election  of  professor  or  professors 
in  the  Theological  Seminary,  was  postponed  until  Monday  morning, 
next. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  30th,  1812, 
reprint,  p.  509.) 

The  election  for  a  Professor  of  Didactic  and  Polemic  Divinity, 
was  postponed  till  tomorrow  morning. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  June  1st,   1812, 
reprint,  p.  510.) 

It  being  the  order  of  the  day  for  this  morning,  the  Assembly 
proceeded  to  the  election  of  a  Professor  of  Didactic  and  Polemic 

C  7  3 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Divinity  in  the  Theological  Seminary.  After  special  prayer  for 
direction  on  the  subject,  the  ballots  were  taken  and  read,  and  the 
Rev.  Archibald  Alexander,  D.D.,  was  declared  duly  elected.  The 
election  being  closed,  a  special  prayer  was  made  for  a  divine  blessing 
upon  the  Professor  and  the  Theological  Seminary. 

Drs.  Green  and  Hall  were  appointed  a  committee  to  wait  on  Dr. 
Alexander,  and  inform  him  of  his  appointment. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  June  2nd,  1812, 
reprint,  p.  512.) 

Resolved,  That  the  directors  of  the  Theological  Seminary  be 
directed  to  meet  at  Princeton,  the  last  Tuesday  in  June,  at  3  o'clock 
P.  M.,  and  afterward  on  their  own  adjournments;  and  Dr.  Green 
was  directed  to  write  to  those  directors  who  were  not  present  and 
give  them  notice  of  the  meeting. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  June  2nd,  1812, 
reprint,  pp.  512,  513.) 

It  being  the  order  of  the  day  for  this  morning,  the  directors  of 
the  Theological  Seminary  reported  .  .  . 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  26th,  1813, 
reprint,  p.  526.) 

The  subject  of  locating  the  Theological  Seminary  having  been 
postponed  yesterday,  was  called  up  this  morning,  and  after  a  full 
discussion  of  the  subject,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted,  viz. 

Resolved,  That  the  permanent  location  of  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary be  in  the  borough  of  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  in  conformity  with 
the  agreement  with  the  Trustees  of  the  College,  signed  at  Princeton, 
June  26th,  1811,  and  ratified  by  the  General  Assembly  at  their 
sessions  in  May,  1812. 

(Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  27th,  1813, 
reprint,  p.  533.) 

The  history  of  the  actual  opening  of  the  Seminary  is 
recounted  in  the  first  report  of  the  Board  of  Directors, 
made  to  the  General  Assembly  of  1813.    As  this  docu- 

C  8  3 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

ment  is  not  included  in  the  reprint  of  the  Minutes  of  the 
General  Assembly,  it  is  not  generally  accessible.  It  is, 
therefore,  reproduced  here  in  full : 

The  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  through  the  good 
hand  of  their  God  upon  them,  are  enabled  to  present  this  their  First 
Report  to  the  General  Assembly,  under  circumstances  favourable  and 
encouraging.  According  to  appointment,  they  met  on  the  30th  of 
June,  1812,  in  Princeton,  and  chose  the  Rev.  Dr.  Ashbel  Green  their 
President,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Philip  Milledoler  their  Vice  President,  and 
the  Rev.  John  M'Dowell,  Secretary.  The  various  and  important 
duties  committed  to  their  trust,  they  have  endeavoured  conscien- 
tiously to  fulfil,  in  humble,  but  firm  confidence  in  that  glorious  Re- 
deemer, who  hath  promised  to  be  with  his  people  to  the  end  of  the 
world.  The  account  of  their  stewardship,  they  will  now  give  with 
simplicity  and  fidelity ;  and  then  suggest  such  measures  as  they  may 
deem  worthy  of  the  Assembly's  notice. 

For  the  sake  of  perspicuity  they  will  arrange  the  narrative  of 
their  proceedings  under  distinct  heads. 


I.      OF  THE  PROFESSOR  AND  HIS  INAUGURATION 

At  their  first  meeting,  the  Directors  received  information  from 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Archibald  Alexander  of  his  acceptance  of  the  office 
of  Professor  of  Didactic  and  Polemic  Theology  in  the  Seminary. 
They  immediately  made  the  necessary  arrangements  to  procure  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  the  dissolution  of  the  pastoral  con- 
nexion between  him  and  his  congregation,  as  also  to  inaugurate  him 
into  the  office  of  Professor,  in  the  event  of  such  dissolution.  On  the 
12th  of  August,  the  certificate  of  Dr.  Alexander's  dismission  from 
his  charge  being  presented  to  the  Board,  they  did  solemnly  inaugu- 
rate him  as  Professor.  The  discourses  delivered  on  that  occasion 
have,  by  their  order,  been  printed,  under  the  impression  that  these 
discourses  would  "fully  make  known  to  the  Christian  public  the 
views  and  designs  with  which  the  Institution  under  their  care  had 
been  founded,  and  was  then  opened  for  the  reception  of  pupils." 
The  Assembly  by  noticing  this  publication  will  promote  the  object 

[9] 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

of  the  Board,  and  the  interests  of  the  Infant  Seminary,  of  which 
they  are  the  guardians. 

II.      THE  STUDENTS 

On  the  day  of  the  inauguration,  William  Blair,  John  Covert,  and 
Henry  Blatchford,  were  received  by  the  Board  as  students  in  the 
Seminary.  Subsequent  to  that  period,  Leverett  I.  F.  Huntington, 
William  A.  M'Dowell,  James  H.  Parmele,  Henry  R.  Weed,  Halsey 
Wood,  and  Benjamin  F.  Stanton,  have  been  received.  One  of  these, 
viz.  William  A.  M'Dowell,  who  was  far  advanced  in  his  Theological 
course  before  he  entered  the  Seminary,  has  been  licensed  to  preach 
the  gospel  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick.  The  remaining 
eight  are  still  in  the  Seminary.  The  term  of  their  probation  being 
expired,  the  Professor,  whose  duty  it  is  to  report  any  who  may  be 
unqualified  to  proceed,  has  informed  the  Board  that  'the  capacity  of 
every  student  in  this  Seminary,  for  the  acquisition  of  knowledge,  is 
respectable,  and  most  of  them  may  by  care  and  exercise  become 
good  speakers.  Their  character,  for  piety  and  good  conduct,  he  adds, 
is  irreproachable.  Their  diligence  in  prosecuting  their  studies  and 
cheerful  compliance  with  the  directions  of  their  teacher  deserve  com- 
mendation. ' 

IU.       THE  PLAN  OF  STUDIES 

The  Board  cannot  better  exhibit  this,  than  in  the  words  of  the 
Professor  in  his  report  to  them.  'The  attention  of  the  students  for 
that  part  of  the  first  year  which  is  past,  has  been  directed,  in  the 
first  place,  to  the  original  languages  in  which  the  Sacred  Scriptures 
were  written;  and,  in  the  next  place,  to  the  English  translation  of 
the  Scriptures,  which  they  have  been  reading  in  order.  In  connexion 
with  these  studies,  they  have  paid  attention  to  Patriarchal  and 
Mosaical  rites  and  institutions;  to  Jewish  antiquities  and  oriental 
customs ;  to  Scriptural  Chronology  and  Geography ;  and  to  the  con- 
nexion between  sacred  and  profane  history,  and  between  the  Old 
and  New  Testaments.  They  have  been  required  to  read  composi- 
tions and  speak  orations  of  their  own  composing,  agreeably  to  the 
plan  of  the  Seminary  adopted  by  the  General  Assembly.  The  Pro- 
fessor would  observe,  however,  that  both  himself  and  students  experi- 

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enced  considerable  inconvenience  from  the  want  of  suitable  compends 
on  the  several  branches  which  they  attempted  to  pursue.  The  know- 
ledge sought  was  often  contained  in  massy  folios,  and  mostly  in 
foreign  languages ;  and  such  books  as  would  have  been  convenient  in 
size  and  suitable  for  our  purposes,  in  many  instances,  were  out  of 
our  reach;  or  so  few  copies  could  be  obtained,  that  the  whole  class 
could  not  pursue  the  studies  at  once.  Your  Professor  has  done 
the  best  in  his  power  to  supply  this  deficiency  by  collecting  scraps, 
and  making  translations  and  abridgments  from  every  work  which 
he  could  find  suitable  to  his  purpose.  The  labour  which  this  re- 
quired he  does  not  regret  to  have  bestowed,  as  he  is  convinced  that 
the  employment  has  been  profitable  to  himself,  as  well  as  useful  to 
the  students. ' 


IV.       ACCOMMODATION  OF  THE  STUDENTS 

The  students  of  the  Seminary  have  been  well  accommodated,  both 
as  it  relates  to  boarding  and  lodging  in  the  College :  for  the  most  part 
they  have  been  room  mates,  and  in  the  refectory  have  eaten  together 
at  a  separate  table.  On  the  subject  of  the  aid  expected  from  the 
charitable  funds  under  the  controul  of  the  Trustees  of  New  Jersey 
College,  the  Directors  deem  it  their  duty  to  state  the  following  facts. 
In  November  last,  at  the  meeting  of  a  number  of  the  Trustees  of  the 
College,  (a  quorum  of  the  Board  not  being  convened,)  the  President 
was  advised  to  afford  to  the  students  of  the  Seminary  such  assistance 
as  they  might  need  for  the  winter  and  spring  then  ensuing.  In 
consequence  of  this  advice,  the  price  of  board,  to  all  who  chose  to 
receive  it,  has  hitherto  been  reduced  to  one  dollar  per  week ;  and  the 
whole  expenses  of  one  student  in  the  articles  of  board  and  room  rent, 
have  been  defrayed  from  the  funds  of  the  College.  At  a  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  the  Trustees  of  the  College,  on  the  13th  of  the  present 
month,  they  passed  the  following  resolutions :  viz. 

1.  That  on  account  of  the  absence  of  certain  members  of  the  Board 
who  have  heretofore  had  under  their  consideration  some  points  per- 
taining to  this  subject,  a  final  decision  thereon  be  postponed  until 
the  next  meeting. 

2.  That,  in  the  mean  time,  the  students  in  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary, with  respect  to  pecuniary  accommodation,  be  treated  in  all 
respects  as  ordinary  students  of  College. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

On  these  resolutions  the  Directors  remark,  that  the  Theological 
Seminary  will  be  in  session  less  than  three  months  before  the  next 
meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  College— that  the  deficiency 
in  the  support  of  the  students  of  the  Seminary,  for  these  three  months, 
occasioned  by  the  resolutions  recited,  has  been  provided  for  by  a 
private  appropriation— that  they  cherish  a  sanguine  expectation,  not 
only  from  the  articles  of  stipulation  between  the  Assembly  and  the 
Trustees  of  the  College,  but  also  from  the  acts  of  the  Trustees  them- 
selves, and  from  information  received  relative  to  the  prevalent  senti- 
ments of  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  that  the  Board  will, 
at  their  next  meeting,  give  considerable  assistance  in  the  support  of 
the  students  of  the  Seminary — that  the  better  to  insure  the  obtaining 
of  this  assistance,  the  Assembly  should  enjoin  on  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors to  recommend  a  specific  number  of  the  Theological  students  as 
candidates  for  the  aid,  stipulated  in  the  last  article  of  the  agreement 
entered  into  between  them  and  the  Assembly. 

The  Professor,  in  his  report  to  the  Board,  states,  '  that  no  collision, 
jealousy,  or  unpleasant  feelings  of  any  kind,  have  arisen  between 
the  Theological  students  and  those  of  the  College.  As  far  as  is 
known  to  him,  they  have  been  uniformly  treated  with  the  respect 
due  to  their  station.  From  the  President  and  faculty  of  College, 
every  accommodation  and  friendly  attention  has  been  afforded  which 
it  was  in  their  power  to  bestow;  and  from  the  inhabitants  of  the 
town  and  vicinity  the  students  have  received  many  civilities. ' 

The  Board  feel  extremely  gratified  in  stating  to  the  Assembly, 
that  experience  has  proved,  thus  far,  that  the  two  institutions  have 
had  a  mutual  influence  in  promoting  each  other's  benefit.  The  stu- 
dents of  the  Theological  Seminary,  by  their  respectable  personal 
characters,  as  well  as  their  exemplary  deportment,  have  recom- 
mended to  the  students  of  the  College,  with  whom  they  live  upon 
terms  of  the  greatest  cordiality  and  friendship,  the  religion  of  Jesus 
Christ.  In  return  they  have  received  many  advantages,  from  their 
connexion  with  and  residence  in  the  College.  The  majority  of  them 
are  members  of  the  literary  societies.  Of  those  societies  they  re- 
ceive the  common  benefits,  and  the  use  of  their  libraries.  Besides 
this,  they  have  the  President's  promise,  that  he  will  give  them  lec- 
tures and  lessons  on  the  composition  and  structure  of  sermons,  and 
on  elocution.    They  have,  moreover,  the  opportunity  of  attending  the 

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course  of  instruction  in  religion  which  the  President  gives  to  the 
students  of  the  College. 


V.      OF  THE  FUNDS 

The  Board  have  not  judged  it  expedient  to  publish  an  address  to 
the  Christian  public,  for  aiding  the  funds  of  the  institution  as 
directed  by  the  Assembly.  They  have,  however,  sent  a  circular  letter 
to  the  Presbyterian  congregations  in  the  cities  and  towns  of  Savan- 
nah, Augusta,  Charleston,  Baltimore,  Philadelphia,  Trenton,  Prince- 
ton, New  Brunswick,  Elizabethtown,  Morristown,  Orange,  Newark, 
New  York,  Hudson,  Albany,  Schenectady,  Troy,  and  Lansingburg; 
requesting  them  to  take  up  a  public  collection  in  each  of  them,  to  aid 
in  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  Seminary  for  the  present  year. 
Nearly  $1000  have  been  reported  to  the  Board  as  thus  collected :  viz. 

1st  Congregation  in  Baltimore, $107.56 

2d              do.             Philadelphia, 146.18 

3d              do.                      do.             54.63 

Elizabethtown, 103.62 

Brick  Church,  in  New  York, 204.63 

Wall-street,           do.     do 180.00 

Rutger's-street,     do.     do 94.15 

In  addition  to  this  the  Rev.  Mr.  M 'Do well  reported  a 
donation  from  Mrs.  Susan  Niemceriez,  of  Elizabeth- 
town,  of 50.00 

Total $940.77 


Of  this  sum,  the  collections  made  in  the  2d  and  3d  congregations 
in  Philadelphia  are  requested  by  the  donors  to  be  appropriated  to 
the  reduction  of  the  board  of  the  students;  and  with  the  consent  of 
the  Assembly  will  be  thus  used  by  the  Directors. 

The  Board  have  directed  the  Treasurer  of  the  Trustees  of  the 
Assembly  to  invest  the  funds  of  the  Seminary  uniformly  in  the 
public  funded  debt  of  the  United  States. 

They  have  also  adopted  the  following  plan  for  a  permanent  and 
contingent  fund. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

First,  Resolved,  That  all  the  subscriptions,  donations,  and  legacies 
now  in  hand,  as  well  as  those  which  shall  be  hereafter  collected,  con- 
stitute a  permanent  fund.  The  principal  or  capital  of  this  fund, 
not  to  be  broken  upon,  except  by  very  urgent  circumstances;  such 
as  the  building  of  houses  for  the  Seminary— the  purchase  of  a  library, 
or  other  indispensable  calls,  incident  to  the  infant  state  of  the 
Seminary. 

Second,  Resolved,  That  the  contingent  fund  be  formed  by  the 
interest  of  the  permanent  fund;  by  the  amount  of  the  collections 
made  in  the  congregations  as  heretofore  recommended;  by  the 
special  draughts  on  the  permanent  fund,  if  they  shall  be  found 
indispensable;  and  by  any  donations  that  may  be  specially  appro- 
priated to  this  purpose:  and  that  the  contingent  fund  defray  the 
expenses  of  the  year ;  and  that  if,  in  any  year,  there  be  a  surplusage, 
it  be  added  to  the  capital  of  the  permanent  fund. 

The  Directors,  finally,  on  this  subject,  with  pleasure,  inform  the 
Assembly,  that  Richard  Stockton,  esq.  of  the  borough  of  Princeton, 
has  promised  to  convey  to  the  Rev.  John  M'Dowell,  Samuel  Bayard, 
esq.  and  Dr.  John  Van  Cleeve,  as  Trustees  in  behalf  of  this  Board, 
or  the  survivors,  or  survivor,  and  their  heirs  respectively,  a  lot  of 
four  acres  of  land  for  the  use  of  the  Seminary,  provided  it  be  located 
in  the  said  borough. 

VI.      EXAMINATION  OF  THE  STUDENTS 

The  Directors  have,  during  this  month,  attended  to  an  examina- 
tion of  the  students  of  the  Seminary  on  the  Hebrew  language,  Patri- 
archal and  Mosaical  Institutions,  Jewish  Antiquities,  Scriptural 
Chronology  and  Geography,  Biblical  history,  connexion  between 
Sacred  and  Profane  history,  and  between  the  history  of  the  Old 
and  New  Testament.  The  Professor  informed  the  Board,  that  the 
students  were  prepared  to  be  examined  on  the  original  Greek  of  the 
gospels,  and  on  a  select  number  of  Campbell 's  critical  disputations ; 
but  their  examination  on  these  subjects  was  omitted  for  want  of  time. 

The  examination  afforded  the  Board  much  satisfaction  in  regard 
to  the  fidelity  and  diligence  of  the  Professor,  and  the  proficiency  of 
the  students.  They  cannot  but  cherish  the  hope  that  these  young 
men  will  fully  realize  the  expectation  of  the  friends  of  this  insti- 
tution. 

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VII.      OF  THE  LIBRARY 

An  appropriation  of  $100  has  been  made  for  the  purchase  of 
books  immediately  wanted ;  of  which  sum  $77.49  has  been  expended. 
For  the  purpose  of  increasing  the  library,  the  Board  at  an  early 
period  resolved,  that  every  Director  should  solicit  donations  in  books. 
The  success  of  different  applications  in  procuring  books,  has  encour- 
aged the  Board  to  continue  the  resolution. 

VIII.  OF  RESIGNATIONS 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Milledoler,  having  left  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and 
connected  himself  with  the  Reformed  Dutch  church,  has  resigned 
his  office  as  Vice  President.  His  place  as  Director  must  therefore  be 
considered  as  resigned.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Miller  has  been  elected 
Vice  President  in  his  place. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Alexander  has  declined  taking  his  seat  as  a  Director, 
in  consequence  of  his  acceptance  of  the  office  of  Professor. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  James  P.  Wilson  has  also  sent  in  a  letter  to  the 
Board,  resigning  his  seat  as  a  Director,  in  consequence  of  his  ill 
health. 

IX.  OF  EXPENDITURES 

Of  the  $3000  appropriated  by  the  Assembly  to  the  order  of  the 
Board,  the  following  sums  have  been  expended :  viz. 

To  removing  Dr.  Alexander's  effects  from  Philadelphia 

to  Princeton, $22.03 

To         do.         do.         Mr.  Haslet, 44.75 

To  blank  book  for  Minutes, 7.00 

To  two  do.  for  other  uses, 475 

To  books  for  the  use  of  the  students  of  the  Seminary,       .  77.49 
To  printing  Discourses  delivered  on  the  occasion  of  Dr. 

Alexander's  inauguration, 216.10 

To  rent  of  the  Professor's  house, 125.00 

To  stationary,  &c, 10.75 

To  Professor's  salary,  three  quarters, 1350.00 

To  balance  unexpended, 1142.13 

$3000.00 
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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

In  connexion  with  this  report,  and  as  a  part  of  their  duty,  the 
Directors  recommend  the  three  following  subjects  to  the  Assembly, 
as  demanding  their  notice. 

1.  The  immediate  appointment  of  an  additional  professor.  The 
necessity  of  this  measure  must  be  obvious  to  every  reflecting  person. 
One  man  cannot  do  justice  to  any  number  of  students  in  prosecuting 
their  theological  studies.  And  it  should  be  recollected,  to  use  the 
language  of  the  Professor  in  his  report  to  this  Board,  '  that  the  whole 
of  his  time  has  been  occupied  in  attending  to  those  branches  which 
do  not  properly  belong  to  his  department,  so  that  he  has  had  very 
little  opportunity  of  preparing  for  the  duties  of  his  office  in  that 
branch  of  Theology  which  has  been  assigned  him.'  In  the  present 
state  of  our  Seminary,  it  is  of  the  last  importance  that  we  should 
form  its  character  so  as  to  procure  the  approbation  and  patronage 
of  the  Christian  public.  To  secure  this,  we  must  place  it  upon  a  level 
with  other  institutions  of  a  similar  kind  in  this  country,  especially 
in  the  number  of  its  Professors,  and  the  consequent  increase  of  ad- 
vantages to  the  students. 

2.  Some  provision  ought  to  be  made  by  the  Assembly  to  assist  in 
defraying  the  expenses  of  the  students. 

3.  The  Seminary  ought  to  be  permanently  located. 

In  concluding  their  report,  the  Directors  congratulate  the  Assem- 
bly on  the  present  state  and  future  prospects  of  their  infant  Semi- 
nary. Considering  the  difficulties  attending  such  an  institution, 
they  have  every  reason  to  calculate,  under  the  smiles  of  Divine 
Providence,  upon  final  and  complete  success.  Should  they,  however, 
fail,  (which  may  God  forbid,)  they  will  have  the  satisfaction  of  fail- 
ing in  a  noble  cause. 

Signed  by  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors, 

Ashbel  Green,  President, 
Zechariah  Lewis,  Sec'ry  pro  tern. 
Extract  from  the  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America, 
A.D.  1813,  pp.  73-81.) 


As  the  completion  of  the  first  hundred,  years  of  the 
Seminary's  service  to  the  Church  approached,  prepara- 

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tions  began  to  be  made  for  an  appropriate  commemora- 
tion of  its  century's  work.  In  the  autumn  of  1908,  the 
Faculty  presented  a  memorial  to  the  Board  of  Directors, 
suggesting  the  appointment  of  a  joint  committee  of  three 
members  each  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  the  Board  of 
Trustees  and  the  Faculty,  to  take  the  matter  in  hand.  A 
committee  was  accordingly  formed,  consisting,  on  the 
part  of  the  Directors,  of  President  E.  D.  Warfield,  the 
Rev.  Dr.  J.  Ross  Stevenson,  and  the  Hon.  William  M. 
Lanning;  on  the  part  of  the  Trustees,  of  the  Rev.  Drs. 
John  Dixon  and  David  Magie,  and  William  P.  Steven- 
son, Esq. ;  and  on  the  part  of  the  Faculty,  of  President 
F.  L.  Patton  and  the  Rev.  Drs.  B.  B.  Warfield  and  Wil- 
liam Brenton  Greene,  Jr.  Power  was  given  this  com- 
mittee to  appoint  a  Secretary  and  to  add  to  its  numbers. 
The  enlarged  committee  ultimately  consisted  of  the 
following  gentlemen:  President  Francis  L.  Patton, 
Chairman ;  Rev.  Harold  McA.  Robinson,  Secretary ;  Rev. 
Dr.  George  Alexander,  Rev.  Dr.  Maitland  Alexander, 
R.  M.  Anderson,  Esq.,  Rev.  Prof.  William  P.  Arm- 
strong, Rev.  Sylvester  W.  Beach,  Silas  B.  Brownell, 
Esq.,  Rev.  Dr.  John  Dixon,  Rev.  J.  H.  Dulles,  Rev.  Dr. 
John  Fox,  Rev.  Dr.  William  Brenton  Greene,  Jr., 
Rev.  Dr.  C.  Wistar  Hodge,  E.  Francis  Hyde,  Esq., 
Rev.  C.  A.  R.  Janvier,  Rev.  Dr.  John  B.  Laird,  Hon. 
Wm.  M.  Lanning,  Rev.  Dr.  W.  L.  McEwan,  Prof.  Kerr 
D.  Macmillan,  Prof.  Wm.  F.  Magie,  Charles  H.  Mathews, 
Esq.,  H.  S.  Prentiss  Nichols,  Esq.,  E.  H.  Perkins, 
Esq.,  Rev.  Dr.  William  Henry  Roberts,  Rev.  Dr.  J. 
Ross  Stevenson,  William  P.  Stevenson,  Esq.,  Rev.  Dr. 
B.  B.  Warfield,  and  President  E.  D.  Warfield.  The  work 
of  this  general  Centennial  Committee  was  carried  on 
through  an  Executive  Committee  of  seven  members  with 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

its  sub-committee  of  three,  and  a  number  of  specific  com- 
mittees, as  follows : 

Executive  Committee:  President  Francis  L.  Patton, 
Chairman;  Rev.  Sylvester  W.  Beach,  Silas  B.  Brownell, 
Esq.,  Rev.  Dr.  John  B.  Laird,  Hon.  Wm.  M.  Lanning, 
Rev.  Dr.  B.  B.  Warfield,  President  E.  D.  Warfield. 

Sub-Committee  of  the  Executive  Committee:  Rev.  Dr. 

B.  B.  Warfield,  Chairman;  Rev.  Sylvester  W.  Beach, 
President  Francis  L.  Patton. 

Committee  on  Entertainment:  Rev.  Sylvester  W. 
Beach,  Chairman;  R.  M.  Anderson,  Esq.,  Rev.  Prof. 
William  P.  Armstrong,  Prof.  Kerr  D.  Macmillan,  Prof. 
William  F.  Magie. 

Committee  on  Invitation:  Rev.  J.  H.  Dulles,  Chair- 
man; Rev.  Dr.  William  Brenton  Greene,  Jr.,  Rev.  Dr. 

C.  Wistar  Hodge,  Rev.  Dr.  W.  L.  McEwan,  Rev.  Dr. 
William  Henry  Roberts. 

Committee  on  Programme:  Rev.  Dr.  B.  B.  Warfield, 
Chairman ;  Rev.  Dr.  Maitland  Alexander,  Rev.  Dr.  John 
Fox,  Charles  H.  Mathews,  Esq.,  President  Francis  L. 
Patton. 

Committee  on  Arrangements:  Prof.  Kerr  D.  Mac- 
millan, Chairman;  Rev.  J.  H.  Dulles,  Prof.  William  F. 
Magie. 

Committee  on  Music:  Rev.  Prof.  Wm.  P.  Armstrong, 
Chairman ;  Rev.  J.  H.  Dulles,  Prof.  Kerr  D.  Macmillan. 

Committee  from  the  Faculty  on  the  Volume  of  Bibli- 
cal and  Theological  Studies:  President  Francis  L.  Pat- 
ton, Chairman ;  Rev.  Dr.  B.  B.  Warfield,  Rev.  Dr.  J.  D. 
Davis. 

Committee  on  Publication  of  the  Commemoration 
Volume:  Rev.  Dr.  B.  B.  Warfield,  Chairman;  Rev.  Prof. 
William  P.  Armstrong,  Rev.  Harold  McA.  Robinson. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

of  all  its  subordinate  committees  was  the  Rev.  Harold 
McA.  Robinson,  its  Secretary. 

This  is  not  the  place  to  give  a  full  account  of  the  work 
undertaken  or  accomplished  by  the  Centennial  Commit- 
tee. Let  it  only  be  said  in  passing  that  much  was  done  to 
quicken  in  the  Alumni  a  keener  sense  of  the  closeness  of 
their  relation  to  their  Alma  Mater ;  that  there  was  given 
to  the  Alumni  and  the  friends  of  the  Seminary  an  oppor- 
tunity to  contribute  to  its  endowment,  which  was  gener- 
ously embraced  by  many ;  and  that  a  volume  of  Biblical 
and  Theological  Studies  by  the  members  of  the  Faculty 
was  published  as  part  of  the  Centennial  commemoration. 
The  object  of  the  present  volume  is  only  to  give  perma- 
nent record  to  the  details  of  the  celebration  itself,  with 
its  essential  accompaniments. 

Due  intimation  of  the  desire  of  the  Seminary  to  cele- 
brate its  centennial  was  made  to  the  General  Assembly 
of  1911  {Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly  for  1911,  p. 
186) ,  and  at  the  opening  of  the  Centennial  Session,  in  the 
autumn  of  1911,  an  announcement  was  sent  to  the 
Synods  and  Presbyteries  in  the  following  form : 

1812     [Seal]     1912 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY  OF 

THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 

AT  PRINCETON,  NEW  JERSEY 

ANNOUNCES  THE  COMPLETION,  WITH  ITS  PRESENT  SESSION, 

OF  THE  FIRST  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS  OF  SERVICE  TO 

THE  CHURCH  AND  ASKS  THE  GOOD  WISHES 

AND  PRAYERS   OF   THE 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Later  an  announcement  of  the  proposed  celebration 
and  an  invitation  to  appoint  delegates  to  it  was  sent  to 
the  administrative  Boards  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  the  United  States  of  America,  and  to  a  number  of 
institutions  of  learning  in  the  following  form : 


1812     [Seal]     1912 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY  OF  THE 

PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH   IN   THE 

UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 

AT  PRINCETON,  NEW  JERSEY 

WILL  CELEBRATE  THE  ONE  HUNDREDTH  ANNIVERSARY  OF  ITS  ES- 
TABLISHMENT BY  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY,  ON  SUNDAY,  MON- 
DAY AND  TUESDAY,  THE  FIFTH,  SIXTH  AND  SEVENTH  OF  MAY, 
NINETEEN  HUNDRED  AND  TWELVE. 
THE  DIRECTORS,  TRUSTEES  AND  FACULTY  OF  THE 
SEMINARY  HAVE  THE  HONOUR  TO  INVITE 


TO  BE  REPRESENTED  ON  THAT  OCCASION  BY  A  DELEGATE.  THE 
FAVOUR  OF  AN  EARLY  REPLY,  ADDRESSED  TO  THE  REVEREND 
HAROLD  McA.  ROBINSON,  PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMI- 
NARY, PRINCETON,  NEW  JERSEY,  IS  REQUESTED. 


AT  PRINCETON,  NEW  JERSEY, 
JANUARY,  1912 


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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

The  institutions  to  which  this  announcement  and  invi- 
tation was  sent  included  all  theological  seminaries  in  the 
United  States  serving  Churches  "who  profess  and  call 
themselves  Christian, ' '  all  theological  schools  in  mission 
lands  in  connection  with  evangelical  Churches  in  the 
United  States,  a  large  number  of  foreign  theological 
faculties,  and  all  universities  and  colleges,  ten  or  more 
of  the  graduates  of  which  have  pursued  theological 
courses  in  Princeton  Seminary. 

Still  further,  there  was  sent  out  a  personal  invitation 
in  the  following  form : 


1812     [Seal]     1912 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY  OF 

THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 

AT  PRINCETON,  NEW  JERSEY 
HAS  THE  HONOUR  TO  INVITE 


TO  BE  PRESENT  AT  THE  CELEBRATION  OF  THE 

ONE  HUNDREDTH  ANNIVERSARY  OF  THE  FOUNDING 

OF  THE  SEMINARY 

ON  SUNDAY,  MONDAY  AND  TUESDAY 

THE  FIFTH,  SIXTH  AND  SEVENTH  OF  MAY 

ONE  THOUSAND,  NINE  HUNDRED  AND  TWELVE. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

This  invitation  was  sent  to  all  the  Alumni  of  the  Semi- 
nary, to  the  presiding  officers  of  all  the  evangelical 
Churches  in  the  United  States,  and  of  the  Presbyterian 
Churches  in  Great  Britain,  and  to  a  number  of  distin- 
guished individuals. 

The  response  to  these  several  announcements  and  invi- 
tations was  very  general. 

The  present  volume  contains,  in  the  order  in  which 
they  are  here  enumerated,  the  responses  of  the  courts  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica to  the  announcement  of  the  Seminary's  intention  to 
celebrate  the  hundredth  anniversary  of  its  foundation, 
together  with  a  number  of  similar  congratulatory  ad- 
dresses from  other  church  bodies;  the  responses  of  the 
presiding  officers  of  Churches  at  home  and  abroad;  the 
congratulatory  responses  to  the  Seminary's  announce- 
ment and  invitation  of  various  institutions  of  learning 
whether  theological  or  general ;  the  list  of  delegates  sent 
by  various  ecclesiastical  bodies  and  institutions  of  learn- 
ing to  the  celebration ;  the  programme  of  the  Centennial 
Exercises ;  and  the  text  of  some  of  the  addresses  given  at 
the  celebration. 


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RESPONSES  FROM  THE  COURTS  OF 

THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 


THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF 

THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 

The  General  Assembly,  in  session  at  Louisville,  Ky., 
May  18th,  1912,  took  the  following  action,  viz. : 

The  General  Assembly  adopted  unanimously  the  Report  of  the 
Special  Committee  on  the  Centennial  of  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary, as  follows  :— 

The  Committee  to  bear  congratulations  to  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  on  its  Centennial  was  appointed  by  the  following  action 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  1911 : 

"That  the  congratulations  of  the  Church,  through  this  General 
Assembly,  be  extended  to  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  in  view 
of  the  approaching  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  founding  of 
that  institution,  and  that,  in  response  to  the  invitation  presented,  the 
following  Committee  be  appointed  to  participate  in  the  coming  Cen- 
tennial :  Rev.  John  F.  Carson,  D.D.,  Rev.  William  H.  Roberts,  D.D., 
the  Moderator  of  ire  Synod  of  New  Jersey,  the  Moderator  of  the 
Synod  of  New  York,  the  Moderator  of  the  Synod  of  Pennsylvania, 
the  Hon.  Woodrow  Wilson,  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  and  the  Hon. 
William  Jennings  Bryan,  of  Nebraska."    (Minutes,  1911,  p.  189.) 

The  names  of  the  Moderators  of  the  Synods  on  the  Committee  are 
as  follows :  the  Rev.  William  M.  Dager,  A.B.,  Moderator  of  the  Synod 
of  New  Jersey;  the  Rev.  Martin  D.  Kneeland,  D.D.,  Moderator  of 
the  Synod  of  New  York;  and  the  Rev.  Samuel  A.  Cornelius,  D.D., 
Moderator  of  the  Synod  of  Pennsylvania. 

The  Committee  reports  the  performance  of  its  acceptable  duty, 
and  acknowledges  the  hearty  welcome  with  which  it  was  received  by 
the  authorities  of  "The  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  U.  S.  A.,  located  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey."  The 
Centennial  was  celebrated  on  May  5,  6  and  7.  The  exercises  were 
characterized  by  appropriate  dignity,  felicitous  addresses,  and  by  the 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

presence  of  more  than  500  alumni,  the  representatives  of  Presby- 
terian and  other  Churches  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic,  and  dele- 
gates from  more  than  one  hundred  institutions  of  learning.  Specially 
notable  was  the  presence  of  the  Moderators  of  the  General  Assem- 
blies of  the  Church  of  Scotland,  the  United  Free  Church  of  Scotland, 
the  Free  Church  of  Scotland,  and  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Ire- 
land. There  were  also  present  the  Moderators  or  Presidents  of  eight 
American  Churches.  The  occasion  was  historic  and  the  Celebration 
worthy  of  the  Seminary  and  the  Church. 

It  is  recommended  that  the  following  minute  be  approved  by  the 
Assembly : 

The  General  Assembly  hereby  places  upon  record  its  congratula- 
tions to  "The  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
the  U.  S.  A.,  located  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,"  upon  its  one  hundred 
years  of  completed  service  to  Christ  and  to  the  Church.  The  plan 
of  the  Institution,  adopted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  1811,  sets 
forth  the  relation  of  the  General  Assembly  to  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary as  "the  patron  and  fountain  of  its  power,"  and  states  the  design 
of  the  Institution  in  definite  terms.  It  was  established— "To  form 
men  for  the  Gospel  Ministry  who  shall  believe  and  cordially  love,  and 
therefore  endeavor  to  protect  and  defend  in  its  genuineness,  sim- 
plicity, and  fullness,  that  system  of  religious  belief  and  practice 
which  is  set  forth  in  the  Confession  of  Faith,  Catechisms,  and  Plan 
of  Government  and  Discipline  of  the  Presbyterian  Church";  also 
"to  provide  for  the  Church  men  who  shall  be  able  to  defend  her 
faith  against  infidels  and  her  doctrines  against  heretics";  and 
further  who  shall  possess  "an  enlightened  attachment  not  only  to 
the  same  doctrines  but  to  the  same  plan  of  government." 

The  General  Assembly  heartily  recognizes  that  the  Boards  of 
Directors  and  Trustees,  and  the  Faculty  of  the  Seminary,  have 
administered  with  fidelity  the  trust  committed  to  them,  and  in  par- 
ticular acknowledges  that  the  educational  progress  made  by  the 
Institution  has  been  for  the  most  part  due  to  its  able  and  scholarly 
professors,  who  through  four  generations  have  been  largely  instru- 
mental in  the  production  of  ministers  competent  by  abilities,  learning 
and  training,  for  the  high  and  holy  office  of  ambassadors  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

The  General  Assembly  congratulates  itself  that  forty-three  of 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

its  Moderators  have  received  training  within  the  walls  of  this  Insti- 
tution, that  many  of  the  leaders  in  the  missionary  and  benevolent 
work  of  the  Church  have  had  the  same  privilege,  and  that  out  from 
it  have  gone  hundreds  of  home  and  foreign  missionaries,  and  above 
all,  in  the  successive  generations,  a  great  number  of  pastors  who  have 
served  faithfully  in  their  respective  spheres  of  labor,  and  have  built 
up  Christ's  likeness  in  many  human  lives,  and  have  laid  the  founda- 
tion of  churches  and  organizations  which  have  become  powers  in  the 
Church  Universal.  The  Assembly  also  rejoices  in  the  catholicity  of 
the  Institution  as  shown  by  the  fact  that  students  of  all  evangelical 
churches  have  been  freely  admitted  to  its  courses  of  instruction.  In 
this  breath  of  acknowledgment  of  Christian  fellowship,  the  Semi- 
nary and  the  Church  are  one. 

With  grateful  recognition  of  the  loyalty  of  the  wide-spread  con- 
stituency, that  from  the  origin  of  the  Institution  has  furnished  the 
resources  and  the  sympathetic  support  which  have  enabled  it  to 
maintain  with  some  degree  of  adequacy  the  purposes  for  which  it 
was  established,  the  Assembly  commends  the  Institution  to  the 
Church  at  large,  for  a  continued  generous  and  cordial  support,  be- 
lieving that  there  lies  before  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  along 
the  lines  of  the  trust  reposed  in  it,  a  most  useful  and  great  future. 
"Now  unto  Him  that  is  able  to  do  exceeding  abundantly  above  all 
that  we  ask  or  think,  according  to  the  power  that  worketh  in  us,  unto 
Him  be  glory  in  the  Church  by  Christ  Jesus  throughout  all  ages, 
world  without  end.    Amen. ' ' 

In  behalf  of  the  Committee, 

John  F.  Carson,  Chairman, 
Wm.  H.  Roberts,  Secretary. 

Attest: 
Wm.  H.  Roberts,  Stated  Clerk. 


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THE  SYNOD  OF  BALTIMORE 

The  following  action  was  taken  by  the  Synod  of  Balti- 
more in  session  at  Wilmington,  Delaware,  October  23, 
1911: 

Whereas:  The  Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  does 
this  year  complete  one  hundred  years  of  continued  usefulness  and 
service  to  the  Church ;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  Synod  of  Baltimore  rejoices  with  Princeton 
Seminary  in  the  completion  of  so  long  a  time  of  service  in  the  cause 
of  Christ  and  His  Church,  and  would  give  this  expression  of  our 
gratitude  and  appreciation. 

Resolved,  That  the  Stated  Clerk  be  instructed  to  send  to  the  Presi- 
dent and  Faculty,  to  the  Boards  of  Directors  and  Trustees,  the  con- 
gratulations of  this  Synod,  and  to  assure  them  of  our  prayers  to 
Almighty  God,  that  from  generation  to  generation  this  honored  ser- 
vant of  the  Church,  with  increasing  devotion  and  success,  may  send 
forth  men  of  God,  knowing  the  Holy  Scriptures,  thoroughly  fur- 
nished unto  all  good  works. 

Resolved,  That  the  Moderator  appoint  a  Committee  of  four,  con- 
sisting of  himself  and  one  minister  from  each  of  the  three  Presby- 
teries, to  represent  the  Synod  at  the  Centennial  exercises  of  Prince- 
ton Theological  Seminary. 

The  Committee : 

Rev.  Joseph  B.  Turner,  Dover,  Del. 
Rev.  James  E.  Mofpatt,  D.D.,  Cumberland,  Md. 
Rev.  George  P.  Wilson,  D.D.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Rev.  Francis  H.  Moore,  D.D.,  Middletown,  Del. 

Attest: 
N.  H.  Miller,  Stated  Clerk. 

McLean,  Va. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  SYNOD  OF  CALIFORNIA 

The  Synod  authorized  its  Stated  Clerk,  in  its  name,  to 
express  to  the  Seminary  its  warm  appreciation  of  the 
unceasing  blessing  the  Seminary  has  ever  been  to  all  the 
great  interests  of  the  Church  and  the  Nation.  And  the 
Synod  prays  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church,  that  the 
Seminary  may  ever  continue  to  measure  up  to  the  oppor- 
tunity before  it  in  the  dear  Church  to  which  we  belong, 
and  that  it  may  have  from  on  high  unceasingly  the  bless- 
ing of  Him  whose  you  are  and  whom  you  serve. 

On  behalf  of  the  Synod  of  California, 

Wm.  Stewart  Young,  Stated  Clerk. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Nov.  15th,  1911. 


THE  SYNOD  OF  CANADIAN 

The  Synod  of  Canadian,  being  in  session  at  Hot 
Springs,  Ark.,  Oct.  5-7,  set  apart  thirty  minutes  of  the 
evening,  Friday,  the  6th,  8  P.  M.  to  hold  a  special  service 
of  Thanksgiving,  Praise  and  Prayer  for  the  Seminary, 
for  the  marvelous  work  God  has  done  and  is  doing 
through  it.  The  meeting  was  conducted  by  Rev.  M.  L. 
Bethel  of  the  Seminary  Alumni. 

Attest:  W.  H.  Carroll,  Stated  Clerk. 

Valliant,  Okla.,  Nov.  9th,  1911. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  SYNOD  OF  COLORADO 

The  Rev.  F.  E.  Smiley,  D.D.,  reported  for  the  Com- 
mittee to  which  was  referred  the  communication  from 
Princeton  Seminary.  The  report  was  received  and  the 
recommendation  adopted.    The  report  was  as  follows : 

Whereas,  the  Synod  of  Colorado,  in  session  at  Greeley,  Colo.,  Oct. 
19th,  1911,  has  heard  with  pleasure  the  announcement  of  the  com- 
pletion, with  its  present  session,  of  the  first  one  hundred  years  of 
service  to  the  Church,  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  at  Princeton,  New 
Jersey, 

Resolved,  That  we  place  upon  our  record  our  gratitude  to  God  for 
putting  into  the  hearts  of  the  fathers,  the  laying  of  foundations  broad 
and  deep  for  this  school  of  the  prophets,  where  so  many  of  the  success- 
ful pastors  of  our  beloved  Church  have  been  trained  by  consecrated 
instructors  to  ' '  rightly  divide  the  word  of  truth : ' '  for  the  long  line 
of  trustees  and  teachers  who  during  one  hundred  years  have  guarded 
and  guided  the  institution  from  infancy  to  its  present  century 
strength :  and  for  those  who  have  stood  as  a  bulwark  against  the 
subtle  assaults  of  the  enemy,  both  within  and  without  the  Church, 
against  the  Old  Book,  our  spiritual  Magna  Charta,  and  for  their 
unswerving  devotion  to  the  ' '  faith  once  delivered  to  the  saints. ' ' 

We  congratulate  the  trustees,  faculty,  students  and  the  Church 
upon  this  auspicious  occasion,  and  pray  that  all  may  be  so  endowed 
with  the  Spirit  of  Christ  that  the  future,  like  the  past,  history  of 
the  Seminary  may  redound  to  the  glory  of  God,  the  upbuilding  of 
the  saints  and  the  salvation  of  sinners. 

Resolved,  That  this  memorial  be  spread  upon  our  records  and  a 
copy  be  sent  by  the  chairman  of  the  committee  of  the  Alumni  ap- 
pointed by  the  Moderator  of  Synod,  to  the  authorities  of  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

.  ,  Francis  E.  Smiley,  Chairman. 

Geo.  R.  Edmundson,  Stated  Clerk. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  SYNOD  OF  IDAHO 

The  Synod  of  Idaho  has  received  the  communication 
from  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  that  it  will 
celebrate  the  Centennial  of  its  life  and  work,  and  the 
Synod  would  congratulate  that  venerable  institution  on 
its  long  career  of  usefulness,  and  assure  it  of  our  grateful 
appreciation  of  its  work ;  of  our  heartfelt  sympathy ;  and 
our  prayers  for  its  long  continued  usefulness. 

John  Gourley,  Stated  Clerk. 

Pocatello,  Idaho,  Oct.  10,  1911. 


THE  SYNOD  OF  ILLINOIS 

The  committee  to  which  was  referred  the  announce- 
ment of  the  completion,  with  the  present  session,  of  the 
first  one  hundred  years  of  service  to  the  Church  of  the 
Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America,  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  would 
respectfully  report,  recommending  that  the  following 
resolution  be  adopted,  engrossed  upon  our  record  and  a 
copy  transmitted  to  the  Seminary : 

Resolved,  That  the  Synod  of  Illinois,  in  session  at  Charleston  on 
October  19,  1911,  expresses  to  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America  at  Princeton,  N.  J., 
its  high  appreciation  of  the  eminent  services  rendered  by  the  Semi- 
nary, within  the  hundred  years  now  ending,  alike  to  the  cause  of 
Christian  scholarship  in  the  writings  of  its  representative  men,  to  the 
cause  of  Presbyterianism  in  its  stedfast  maintenance  of  our  historic 

C31H 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

doctrine  and  polity  and  to  the  practical  work  of  the  Church  in  the 
rich  supply  of  faithful  men  to  preach  the  Gospel  and  to  minister  in 
the  name  of  Christ.  Recognizing  the  great  development  in  our  sys- 
tem of  theological  institutions  and  the  inevitable  changes  which  have 
taken  place  in  our  particular  relation  to  it,  the  Synod  prays  God's 
blessing  upon  the  Seminary  that  it  may  continue  through  the  century 
to  come  a  centre  of  Christian  learning  and  a  source  of  supply  for 
able  ministers  of  the  New  Testament,  men  who  are  both  faithful  to 
the  Word  of  God  and  wise  to  discern  the  signs  of  the  times. 
All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

W.  S.  Plumer  Bryan,  Committee. 

Done  in  Synod  at  Charleston,  Oct.  19th,  1911. 

Attest : 

Jas.  Franklin  Young,  Moderator, 
C.  Harmon  Johnson,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  SYNOD  OF  INDIANA 

At  its  annual  meeting,  held  in  Sullivan,  Indiana,  on 
October  10,  1911,  the  Synod  of  Indiana  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  U.  S.  A.  unanimously  adopted  the 
following  Preamble  and  Resolutions,  relating  to  the  Cen- 
tennial of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  and  in- 
structed its  Stated  Clerk  to  forward  a  copy  of  the  same 
to  the  Seminary : 

Whereas,  The  venerable  Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton,  New 
Jersey,  has  announced  to  the  Synod  of  Indiana  the  approaching 
completion  of  the  first  one  hundred  years  of  its  service  to  the  Church, 
and  has  asked  the  prayers  and  good  wishes  of  our  Synod,  and 

Whereas,  The  Synod  of  Indiana  has  been  greatly  indebted  to 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

the  Princeton  Seminary  for  the  theological  education  of  many  of 
its  sons  and  the  supply  of  many  of  its  workers,  having  at  present  on 
our  rolls  some  sixty  alumni  of  the  Seminary ;  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  we  extend  our  cordial  congratulations  and  best 
wishes  to  the  Seminary  upon  its  approaching  Centennial,  and  that 
we  pray  the  blessing  of  God  upon  its  future  work. 

Resolved,  That  we  recognize  with  gratitude  its  fidelity  to  the 
Bible  and  the  standards  of  our  Church,  and  the  efficiency  of  its 
instruction  and  preparation  for  service. 

Resolved,  That  we  commend  it  as  worthy  of  the  prayers  and 
liberality  of  our  churches  in  all  its  efforts  for  the  enlargement  and 
betterment  of  its  facilities  for  the  training  and  equipment  of  those 
who  shall  serve  the  Church  in  the  ministry  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ. 

Attest:  Leon  P.  Marshall,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  SYNOD  OF  IOWA 

The  Synod  of  Iowa  received  with  great  interest  and 
sympathy  the  announcement  of  the  completion  of  a  hun- 
dred years  of  theological  instruction  at  Princeton,  and 
directed  the  Stated  Clerk  to  convey  to  the  Faculty  and 
Directors  of  the  Seminary  its  greetings  and  good  wishes. 
In  the  name  of  the  Synod,  I  congratulate  both  you  and 
the  Church  on  the  noble  achievements  of  the  past.  To 
how  large  a  degree  the  Presbyterian  Church  has  been 
moulded  by  the  influence  of  Princeton  Seminary  can 
never  be  told.  The  contributions  of  the  Seminary  to 
theological  learning  through  faculty  and  graduates  are 
of  inestimable  value.  The  fidelity  of  its  instructors  to 
the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  deserves  and  receives  the 
praise  of  the  Church.  We  are  grateful  to  Almighty  God 
for  this  glorious  history  of  devotion  to  the  truth.    We 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

congratulate  you  upon  the  success  of  these  years,  and 
upon  your  present  commanding  position. 

Our  prayer  is  that  the  good  work  begun  may  be  car- 
ried on  and  intensified  in  the  years  to  come,  and  that 
Princeton  may  abide  in  strength  as  long  as  the  world 
endures. 

In  the  name  of  the  Synod  of  Iowa, 

W.  O.  Ritston,  Stated  Clerk. 
Dubuque,  Iowa,  Nov.  17,  1911. 

THE  SYNOD  OF  KENTUCKY 

The  Synod  of  Kentucky  heartily  unites  with  the  whole 
Presbyterian  Church  in  congratulations  to  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary  on  the  successful  completion  of 
the  first  one  hundred  years  of  its  history.  We  desire  to 
express  our  appreciation  of  the  great  work  that  the 
Seminary,  in  the  Providence  of  God,  has  been  enabled  to 
do.  We  gratefully  thank  God  for  the  men  who  have  been 
trained  in  its  halls  and  for  the  light  of  learning  that  has 
emanated  through  the  century  from  its  famous  faculty. 

We  recognize  its  faithfulness  in  teaching  the  Divine 
Oracles  and  its  stedf  ast  loyalty  to  the  Word  of  God. 

We  remember  its  ever-growing  influence  in  the  devel- 
opment of  the  Church,  and  its  ever-widening  power  in 
the  evangelization  of  the  world.  We  invoke  the  Divine  . 
Blessing  on  the  Seminary's  future,  and  pray  that  the 
same  Hand  may  guide  in  the  days  to  come  that  has  so 
wondrously  prospered  it  in  the  days  gone  by. 

It  is  peculiarly  appropriate  that  such  congratulatory 
expression  should  be  presented  formally  in  a  meeting  of 
the  Synod  of  Kentucky,  held  in  the  Second  Presbyterian 

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Church,  Lexington,  Kentucky.  It  was  in  this  Church 
and  Sunday  School  that  the  Rev.  Ethelbert  D.  Warfield, 
D.D.,  LL.D.,  the  present  presiding  officer  of  the  Board 
of  Directors,  and  the  Rev.  Benjamin  Breckinridge  War- 
field,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  the  present  Charles  Hodge  Professor 
of  Didactic  and  Polemic  Theology,  were  first  taught  the 
things  pertaining  to  God. 

Mingled  with  our  feelings  of  debt  and  gratitude  to 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  for  its  century  of  con- 
tribution to  the  Church  and  the  whole  Kingdom  of  God 
are  our  feelings  of  pride  and  pleasure  that  the  Synod 
has  had  the  privilege  and  honor  to  give  to  the  Seminary 
two  of  its  own  sons. 

Chaeles  Lee  Reynolds,  Committee. 


THE  SYNOD  OF  MINNESOTA 

This  is  to  certify  that  the  Synod  of  Minnesota,  in  ses- 
sion at  Minneapolis  on  the  12th  to  16th  of  October,  1911, 
took  the  following  action : 

Whereas,  The  Theological  Seminary  of  Princeton,  N.  J.,  com- 
pletes this  year  the  first  one  hundred  years  of  its  history,  and, 

Whereas,  This  Synod  has  felt  the  impress  and  value  of  the  Semi- 
nary's work,  through  the  labors  of  Princeton's  students,  the  past 
fifty  years ;  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  Synod  of  Minnesota  extend  to  the  Board  of 
Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Seminary  the  most  cordial  congratu- 
lations on  the  splendid  record  of  the  past,  and  express  the  prayerful 
hope  that,  under  the  divine  blessing,  the  Seminary  will  advance  to 
a  yet  greater  measure  of  service  to  the  Church  and  to  the  Kingdom. 

Maurice  D.  Edwaeds,  Stated  Clerk. 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Nov.  20,  1911. 

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THE  SYNOD  OF  MISSOURI 

The  Synod  of  Missouri  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America,  in  session  at  Springfield,  Mo.,  October  12,  1911, 
acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  announcement  of  the  approaching 
celebration  of  the  centennial  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  We 
congratulate  the  Seminary  upon  this  coming  completion  of  one  hun- 
dred years  of  service,  and  desire  to  express  our  appreciation  of  the 
great  work  accomplished  by  her. 

Thirty-eight  men  now  connected  with  this  body,  besides  many 
others  whose  service  has  helped  to  make  our  history  in  the  past, 
received  all,  or  a  part,  of  their  theological  training  within  her  halls. 

We  gratefully  acknowledge  the  large  indebtedness  of  this  Synod, 
and  of  the  whole  Church,  to  Princeton  Seminary,  for  her  thorough 
training  of  the  Christian  ministry,  for  her  never  ceasing  champion- 
ship of  the  truth  of  God's  Word  and  for  her  splendid  leadership  of 
Christian  thought. 

We  pray  the  blessing  of  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church  may  con- 
tinue with  her  in  increasing  measure  through  all  coming  years.  We 
further  commend  to  all  our  churches,  and  especially  to  individual 
members  of  means,  the  Centennial  Fund  which  is  being  raised  as  a 
fitting  memorial  of  her  rich  past  and  to  equip  her  still  more  thor- 
oughly to  meet  the  responsibilities  and  opportunities  of  the  future. 

I  certify  that  the  above  is  a  correct  copy  of  the  action 
of  the  Synod  of  Missouri. 

John  H.  Miller,  Stated  Clerk. 

Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Oct.  30,  1911. 


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THE  SYNOD  OF  MONTANA 

The  Synod  of  Montana  offers  its  most  hearty  felicita- 
tions to  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  upon  the 
completion  of  its  one  hundredth  year— spent  so  loyally 
in  the  service  of  our  beloved  Church,  and  at  this  time 
sends  its  best  wishes  for  continued  prosperity,  enlarged 
usefulness  and  increased  influence  in  the  special  sphere 
marked  out  for  her  by  a  kind  Providence. 

Eiko  J.  Groeneveld, 
Chairman  of  Synod's  Committee. 

Butte,  Mont.,  Oct.  26,  1911. 


THE  SYNOD  OF  NEBRASKA 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  by  the  Synod  of 
Nebraska : 

Inasmuch  as  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  has  about  com- 
pleted a  century  of  historic  and  worthy  activity,  having  served  the 
Church  with  distinguished  credit, 

Be  it  Resolved,  That  the  Synod  of  Nebraska  extend  its  heartiest 
congratulations  to  the  Seminary  on  the  completion  of  her  first  cen- 
tury of  service  and  express  its  confident  hope  that  the  future  shall 
be  even  more  glorious. 

Done  in  Synod  at  North  Platte,  Neb.,  on  the  16th  day  of  October, 
A.  D.  1911. 

Attest:  Julius  F.  Schwaez,  Stated  Clerk. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  SYNOD  OF  NEW  JERSEY 

Your  Committee  appointed  to  prepare  resolutions  of 
congratulation  to  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  upon 
the  fact  of  its  approaching  Centennial  Celebration, 
would  submit  the  following  for  your  adoption : 

This  year  has  marked  the  opening  of  the  one  hundredth  session 
of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  At  the  Commencement  in  May 
1912  this  outstanding  event  will  be  fittingly  commemorated  in 
Princeton  by  the  Directors  and  Trustees  and  Faculty  and  Alumni  of 
the  Seminary.  This  is  a  great  record  of  a  great  institution  for  a 
great  work.  It  is  cause  for  congratulation  and  rejoicing,  not  only 
for  Princeton  graduates  and  those  who  have  her  interests  at  heart 
because  of  their  theological  affinity,  but  for  all  who  believe  in  the 
doctrines  of  grace,  and  especially  for  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
America. 

Be  it  hereby  Resolved,  therefore,  by  this  Synod  of  New  Jersey, 
the  chief  recipient  of  blessing  from  this  century  of  service  in  the 
Gospel, 

First,  that  we  render  profound  gratitude  to  God  for  the  Divine 
leading  in  the  Church,  looking  to  the  higher  education  of  the  min- 
istry, and  for  the  action  of  the  General  Assembly  of  1811  in  establish- 
ing a  separate  institution  for  theological  instruction,  which  institution 
was  the  next  year  opened  at  Princeton,  with  the  Rev.  Archibald 
Alexander,  D.D.,  as  Professor.  It  is  interesting  to  recall  that  the 
classes  were  at  first  held  in  Dr.  Alexander's  study,  and  later  for  a 
time  in  the  building  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey,  itself  the  out- 
growth of  the  Log  College  of  Neshaminy,  founded  for  the  education 
of  ministers.  We  reverently  and  thankfully  recall  to-day  the  words 
of  the  Assembly's  "Plan  of  the  Seminary,"  as  follows,— "It  is  to 
form  men  for  the  Gospel  ministry  who  shall  truly  believe,  and  cor- 
dially love,  and  therefore  endeavor  to  propagate  and  defend  in  its 
genuineness,  simplicity  and  fullness,  that  system  of  religious  belief 
and  practice  which  is  set  forth  in  the  Confession  of  Faith,  Cate- 
chisms, and  Plan  of  Government  and  Discipline  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church ;  and  thus  to  perpetuate  and  extend  the  influence  of  true 
evangelical  piety  and  gospel  order. ' ' 

We  render  gratitude  for  the  Divine  favor  that  has  enabled  the 

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Church  to  continue  this  school  of  Christian  theology  for  a  century 
with  signal  brilliancy  of  learning,  with  remarkable  power  of  piety, 
and  with  steady  and  delightful  growth  and  development,  both  of 
equipment  and  influence.  For  the  glory  of  God  and  in  honor  of 
Princeton  we  would  give  praise.  We  would  have  thanksgivings  rise 
in  all  our  churches  that  the  Spirit  of  God  did  thus  consecrate  and 
has  continued  to  consecrate,  as  ever  in  the  history  of  our  blessed 
religion,  the  best  scholarship  to  the  cause  of  Gospel  truth  and  Chris- 
tian life,  and  especially  for  the  noble  men  of  God  who  first  made 
Princeton  great,  and  whose  names  are  revered  and  loved  to-day 
throughout  our  Church. 

"We  would  give  praise  to  God  for  the  fearless,  unwavering  stand 
Princeton  Seminary  has  held  through  all  these  years,  not  only  for  the 
Calvinistic  Theology  as  the  ripest  expression  of  the  Reformed  Faith, 
but  for  the  defense  and  teaching  of  fundamental  Christianity,— the 
supernatural  revelation  which  is  in  Jesus  Christ,  the  plenary  inspira- 
tion and  authority  of  the  Scriptures,  the  precious  doctrines  of  the 
free  grace  of  God  and  full  justification  by  faith,  the  saving  power 
of  the  blood  of  the  Lamb,  the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit  and  the  living 
headship  of  the  Lord  of  Glory  in  His  Church. 

We  thank  God  for  the  religious  character  of  this  Seminary 
throughout  the  past,  the  holy  lives  of  the  men  who  have  labored  for 
it,  its  choice  spirit  of  prayer,  a  valuable  memory  to  all  who  ever 
shared  it,  its  love  for  the  pure  Word  of  God,  its  serious  understand- 
ing of  the  vocation  of  the  ministry,  as  the  herald  of  a  God-given 
Gospel,  its  simplicity  of  daily  life,  its  supreme  desire  to  exalt  Jesus 
Christ,  its  cordial  interest  in  every  effort  to  extend  the  Kingdom  of 
our  Lord  through  His  truth  and  Church,  and  especially  for  its  con- 
sistent missionary  spirit  and  record,  a  spirit  that  begins  with  the 
statement  in  the  Assembly's  ''Plan"  that  one  object  of  the  Seminary 
is  "to  found  a  nursery  for  missionaries  to  the  heathen,"  and  is  able 
to  testify  that  over  three  hundred  and  eighty  of  the  graduates  have 
entered  upon  foreign  missionary  work.  We  are  grateful  that  through 
these  one  hundred  years,  in  this  land  with  its  marvelously  enlarging 
territory,  and  in  the  whole  world  with  the  rapidly  opening  doors  of 
its  vast  continents,  this  Seminary  has  been  as  the  springs  of  water 
among  the  hills,— a  source  of  supply  beyond  all  human  power  to 
imagine.  Surely  God  has  honored  His  promises  and  led  His  people 
graciously. 

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Second,  that  Synod  congratulate  the  Directors  and  Trustees  and 
Faculty  of  Princeton  Seminary  upon  the  possession  of  a  heritage 
that  only  time  and  the  blessing  of  God  could  produce,  and  upon  the 
accomplishment  of  a  work  for  the  Church  that  only  eternity  and  the 
presence  of  God  will  reveal.  Theirs  is  hallowed  soil  indeed.  Theirs 
are  blessed  memories  indeed.  We  congratulate  them  upon  the  fact 
that  Princeton  has  continued  to  this  day  to  hold  her  own  in  the 
front  rank  of  American  institutions  of  theological  learning,  and  of 
note  among  those  of  the  world. 

"We  congratulate  them  upon  the  well  known  and  unwavering  and 
hearty  stand  this  Seminary  has  maintained  for  the  faith  once  de- 
livered to  the  saints,  and  for  her  loyalty  to  the  Confession  of  our 
Church,  to  the  Covenant  and  to  Christ.  We  recognize  in  her  a 
leader  in  the  fight  for  truth  against  error  for  the  Church  universal, 
to  be  honored  for  her  work  by  the  whole  of  evangelical  Christendom. 

We  congratulate  them  upon  the  present  vigor  and  prosperity  of 
the  Seminary.  Beginning  with  three  students,  she  has  given  instruc- 
tion to  five  thousand,  seven  hundred  and  forty-two  students,  and  now 
has  sixteen  instructors  with  one  hundred  and  eighty-five  men  under 
their  care. 

We  congratulate  them  upon  having  as  President  the  Rev.  Francis 
Landey  Patton,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  whose  ripe  and  commanding  powers  are 
consecrated  to  the  service  of  a  conservative  theology. 

We  congratulate  them  upon  having  a  completed  faculty,  a  soundly 
constructed  and  steadily  enlarging  curriculum,  with  splendid 
grounds  and  buildings,  with  the  cordial  confidence  of  the  Alumni, 
and  a  secure  place  in  the  esteem  of  the  whole  Church. 

We  look  with  confidence  upon  her  prospects  for  the  future.  We 
regard  her  as  panoplied  and  prepared  to  meet  the  issues  of  the  day 
and  of  the  days  to  come.  We  record  with  pleasure  that  she  is  still 
sending  forth  men  well  instructed  in  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus, 
and  well  fitted  to  be  ambassadors  for  God  and  leaders  of  the  people, 
that  she  might  save  society  through  the  saving  of  souls.  We  rejoice 
that  she  is  touching  and  tempering  with  a  mighty  influence  the  very 
life  of  the  Church  today,  not  only  in  this  land  but  wherever  the 
Gospel  banner  has  been  planted  by  the  sons  and  daughters  of  God. 

Third,  that  we  most  heartily  rejoice  in  the  proposal  to  signalize 
the  completion  of  these  one  hundred  years,  an  epoch  in  the  history 

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of  Presbyterian  theological  education,  by  securing  an  increased  en- 
dowment for  the  Seminary,  and  commend  this  effort  to  the  liberality 
of  our  pastors  and  churches,  especially  to  those  ministers  who  are 
Alumni  of  Princeton,  and  to  those  churches  whose  pastors  are  Prince- 
ton men. 

Fourth,  that  the  Moderator  of  this  Synod  appoint  a  Committee 
of  seven,  four  ministers  and  three  elders,  to  represent  the  Synod 
at  the  Centennial  exercises  to  be  held  in  Princeton  in  May,  1912,  the 
Moderator  himself  to  be  the  Chairman,  ex-officio,  of  this  Committee. 

Fifth,  that  the  Rev.  Francis  L.  Patton,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  be  invited  to 
address  the  Synod  now  upon  the  Seminary's  plans  for  the  celebration 
of  this  important  anniversary. 

Adopted  by  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey,  in  session  at 
Atlantic  City,  Oct.  18, 1911. 
Attest:  Walter  A.  Brooks,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  SYNOD  OF  NEW  YORK 

The  following  action  was  taken  by  the  Synod  of  New 
York  at  its  recent  meeting : 

In  view  of  the  approaching  100th  Anniversary  of  the  founding 
of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
U.  S.  A.  at  Princeton,  the  Synod  of  New  York,  in  session  at  Auburn, 
October  18th,  191 1,  desires  to  place  upon  its  minutes  an  expression 
of  its  sense  of  the  noble  service  to  our  Church  and  to  the  Christian 
religion  throughout  the  world  rendered  by  this  institution;  its  grati- 
tude to  God  for  the  signal  manifestations  of  His  favor  during  the 
whole  of  the  Seminary's  history;  and  its  earnest  desire  and  devout 
prayer  that  the  coming  years  may  witness  still  larger  prosperity  and 
usefulness  for  Princeton  Seminary. 

A  true  copy. 

Attest:  J.  Wilford  Jacks,  Stated  Clerk. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  SYNOD  OF  NORTH  DAKOTA 

A  Memorial  was  received  from  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  with  reference  to  the  completion  of  its  first 
one  hundred  years  of  service,  asking  the  good  wishes  and 
prayers  of  the  Synod  of  North  Dakota.  To  this  the  fol- 
lowing answer  is  recommended : 

That  this  request  be  remembered  in  the  closing  prayer  of  this 
session,  and  that  the  Stated  Clerk  be  instructed  to  notify  the  officials 
of  the  Seminary  of  that  fact,  assuring  them  of  the  cordial  good  will 
of  the  Synod. 

I  notice  further  that  the  closing  item  of  that  forenoon 
session  reads : 

Synod  took  recess  until  1:30  o'clock  P.M.,  and  was  closed  with 
prayer  by  Rev.  R.  H.  Myers,  in  behalf  of  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary. 

B.  A.  Fahl,  Stated  Clerk. 
Devil's  Lake,  N.  D.,  Nov.  13,  1911. 


THE  SYNOD  OF  OHIO 

The  Synod  of  Ohio  held  its  annual  meeting  in  Mans- 
field, October  10-12,  1911.  In  response  to  a  request  for 
the  interest  of  the  Synod,  the  following  recommenda- 
tions were  made  by  the  Committee  on  Bills  and  Over- 
tures : 

That  the  Synod  of  Ohio  extend  congratulations  and  good  wishes 
to  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  upon  its  One  Hundredth  Anni- 
versary. 

That  the  Synod  remember  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  in 
prayers,  and  that  the  Rev.  William  M.  Hindman,  D.D.,  of  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Chillicothe,  now  lead  us  in  prayer. 

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That  the  Stated  Clerk  of  this  Synod  convey  a  suitable  letter, 
covering  the  action  of  the  Synod  in  this  matter. 

The  foregoing  recommendations  were  unanimously- 
adopted,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hindman  offered  a  very  tender 
and  touching  prayer  for  the  Seminary,  for  its  present 
student  body,  and  for  all  living  students  of  former  years. 

Attest:  Edward  T.  Swiggett,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  SYNOD  OF  OKLAHOMA 

A  conimunication  from  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary was  read,  announcing  the  one  hundredth  session  of 
the  Seminary,  and  soliciting  the  prayers  and  good  wishes 
of  the  Synod. 

The  Moderator  led  the  Synod  in  prayer  for  the  Semi- 
nary. 

The  Stated  Clerk  was  instructed  to  convey  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Seminary  information  of  this  action  of  the 
Synod. 

Lloyd  C.  Walter,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  SYNOD  OF  OREGON 

The  Synod  of  Oregon,  assembled  in  Mt.  Tabor  Church, 
Portland,  adopted  the  following  resolution  Oct.  14, 1911 : 

That  Synod  sends  its  sincere  congratulations  to  Princeton  Semi- 
nary on  the  completion  of  100  years  of  service  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church  and  wishes  for  it  even  larger  and  more  effective  service  in 
the  future. 

Extracted  from  minutes,  Synod  of  Oregon,  by 

John  A.  Townsend,  Stated  Clerk. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  SYNOD  OF  PENNSYLVANIA 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Synod  of  Pennsylvania,  held  in 
Warren,  Pa.,  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  October 
24th,  1911,  after  hearing  an  address  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Francis  L.  Patton,  President  of  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary,  the  Synod  adopted  the  following  Minute : 

The  Synod  having  received  an  intimation  that  the  Theological 
Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  U.  S.  A.,  at  Princeton,  N.  J., 
would  celebrate  the  Centennial  of  its  Foundation  in  May,  1912, 
hereby  extends  to  the  Seminary  its  warmest  congratulations  and 
rejoices  with  it  in  the  great  work  which  by  the  blessing  of  Almighty 
God  it  has  done  for  Christ  and  His  Church. 

From  the  earliest  times  the  ties  between  the  Synod  and  the  Semi- 
nary have  been  most  close  and  intimate.  Many  of  the  most  distin- 
guished professors  of  the  Seminary  have  been  drawn  from  the  terri- 
tory, the  homes  and  the  churches  now  covered  by  this  Synod. 
Hundreds  of  young  men  have  gone  from  these  churches  to  pursue 
their  studies  at  the  Seminary,  and  have  returned  confirmed  in  faith 
and  enriched  in  knowledge  to  preach  the  Everlasting  Gospel. 

During  all  this  period  the  Synod  and  the  Seminary  have  been  in 
deep  and  tender  sympathy  in  reference  to  the  great  movements 
which  have  stirred  the  Church  and  advanced  the  Kingdom  of  God ; 
and  the  Synod  rejoices  in  the  strength  and  courage  with  which  the 
Seminary,  upon  the  threshold  of  a  new  age,  proclaims  the  faith  once 
delivered  to  the  saints. 

May  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church  vouchsafe  to  this  beloved  and 
honored  institution  an  ever  deeper  sense  of  the  glorious  privilege  of 
training  men  to  preach  the  Everlasting  Gospel  and  an  ever  greater 
power  in  inspiring  men  with  the  very  spirit  of  His  Grace. 

At  the  request  of  the  President  of  the  Seminary  that 
the  Synod  would  appoint  a  Committee  to  represent  it  at 
the  Centennial  Celebration,  the  following  ministers  were 

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named  to  convey  the  greetings  of  the  Synod  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Centennial  Celebration. 

The  Moderator,  Rev.  Samuel  A.  Cornelius,  D.D.,  Oil  City,  Pa. 

The  Stated  Clerk,  Rev.  Robert  Hunter,  D.D.,  Philadelphia. 

Rev.  Wm.  L.  McEwan,  D.D.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Rev.  Ebenezer  Flack,  D.D.,  Scranton,  Pa. 

Rev.  Robert  B.  Beattie,  Franklin,  Pa. 

Rev.  George  S.  Chambers,  D.D.,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Robert  Hunter,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  SYNOD  OF  SOUTH  DAKOTA 

Upon  receipt  of  a  telegram  from  Princeton  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  in  connection  with  their  celebration  of  the 
One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  beginning  of  that 
Institution,  Synod  joined  in  thanksgiving  for  the  great 
good  that  Seminary  has  already  accomplished  and  in 
prayer  for  God's  continued  blessing  upon  it. 

Harlan  P.  Carson,  Stated  Clerk. 

Madison,  S.  D.,  Oct.  6,  1911. 


THE  SYNOD  OF  TENNESSEE 

The  Committee  on  Bills  and  Overtures  of  the  Synod 
of  Tennessee  reported  as  follows  regarding  the  Centen- 
nial of  Princeton : 

The  communication  from  the  Theological  Seminary  of  Prince- 
ton, New  Jersey,  announcing  the  completion  with  its  present  session 
of  the  first  one  hundred  years  of  service  to  the  Church,  was  before  us ; 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

and  we  recommend  that  the  Stated  Clerk  communicate  to  the  Semi- 
nary the  congratulations  and  best  wishes  of  the  Synod. 

In  compliance  with  this  action  of  the  Synod  I  take 
pleasure,  as  Stated  Clerk,  in  assuring  you  of  the  hearty 
sympathy,  good  wishes,  and  congratulations  of  the  Synod 
upon  your  one  hundred  years  of  great  service  to  the 
Church. 

The  Synod  of  Tennessee  in  1819  followed  the  example 
that  Princeton  had  set  seven  years  before,  and  organized 
the  Southern  and  Western  Theological  Seminary,  and 
located  it  at  Maryville.  This  was  the  second  theological 
seminary  of  our  Church.  Though  for  more  than  half  a 
century,  the  theological  seminary  features  have  ceased, 
the  institution,  now  Maryville  College,  is  still  under  the 
care  of  the  Synod  of  Tennessee. 

The  Synod  wishes  Princeton  a  second  century  of  even 
more  conspicuous  service  to  the  Church  than  the  great 
century  which  is  now  closing. 

Samuel  T.  Wilson,  Stated  Clerk. 

Maryville,  Tenn.,  Nov.  7,  1911. 


THE  SYNOD  OP  WASHINGTON 

The  Synod  of  Washington,  in  session  in  Spokane, 
Wash.,  October  3-5,  1911,  rejoices  with  you  in  the  com- 
pletion of  a  century  of  good  service  to  the  churches,  for 
our  Lord  and  Master,  and  assures  you  of  its  good  wishes 
and  prayers  for  long-continued  usefulness  and  success  in 
the  yet  far  away  future. 

Eugene  A.  Walker,  Stated  Clerk. 

Reardan,  Wash.,  Oct.  30th,  1911. 

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THE  SYNOD  OF  WEST  VIEGINIA 

The  Synod,  in  session  at  Charleston,  W.  Va.,  on  Oct. 
21, 1911,  took  the  following  action : 

We  rejoice  that  this  Seminary  has  rendered  to  our  beloved 
Church  such  faithful  and  efficient  service  of  instruction  and  inspira- 
tion through  this  one  hundred  years.  "We  rejoice  that  she  has  been 
such  an  able  and  devoted  defender  of  the  faith  in  all  her  remarkable 
history.  "We  rejoice  in  the  noble  band  of  men  whose  hearts  God  has 
touched,  whom  she  informed  and  trained  in  the  things  of  the  King- 
dom. We  join  with  the  men  all  over  the  world  in  the  best  of  wishes 
and  earnest  prayers  that  in  the  coming  years  God  may  graciously 
bless  her  even  more  abundantly  both  in  things  temporal,  in  increas- 
ing her  needed  endowment,  and  in  things  spiritual,  to  realize  her  one 
purpose,  to  raise  up,  train  and  inspire  men  after  God's  own  heart 
to  build  up  the  people  in  our  most  holy  faith. 

Synod  also  appointed  the  Rev.  Herman  G.  Stoetzer, 
D.D.,  an  alumnus  of  the  Seminary,  its  special  represen- 
tative at  the  commemoration  services. 

J.  P.  Leyenberger,  Stated  Clerk. 
Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  Oct.  21,  1911. 


THE  SYNOD  OF  WISCONSIN 

Synod  received  an  invitation  to  attend  the  celebration  of  the 
one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  founding  of  what  is  commonly 
known  as  Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  Synod  stood  in  recogni- 
tion of  the  courtesy  and  in  order  to  give  expressions  of  good  wishes, 
and  was  led  in  prayer  by  the  moderator. 

Extracted  from  the  Minutes  of  Synod, 

C.  A.  Adams,  Stated  Clerk. 

Merrill,  Wis.,  Nov.  10,  1911. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 
THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  BIRMINGHAM  A 

Whereas,  The  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
at  Princeton  has  announced  the  completion  of  100  years  of  service 
to  the  Church,  and  asks  the  prayers  and  good  wishes  of  this  Presby- 
tery; therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  Stated  Clerk  be  instructed  to  express  the  con- 
gratulations of  this  Presbytery  to  the  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary on  the  completion  of  100  years  of  such  splendid  service  to  the 
Church,  and  give  hearty  assurance  of  the  prayers  and  good  wishes  of 
this  Presbytery. 

Attest:  Luther  B.  Cross,  Stated  Clerk. 

Gastonbury,  Ala.,  May  2,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  BROOKLYN 

At  the  November  meeting  the  members  of  the  Presby- 
tery of  Brooklyn  instructed  the  undersigned  to  convey 
to  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  the  United  States  of  America  at  Princeton,  N.  J., 
their  hearty  congratulations  on  the  completion  of  a  cen- 
tury of  loyal  and  effective  service  for  the  Kingdom  of 
our  Lord  and  to  assure  the  Seminary  that  she  may  be 
sure  of  the  best  wishes  and  earnest  prayers  of  Brooklyn 
Presbytery  for  her  continued  success  and  usefulness. 

Joseph  Dunn  Burrell,  Moderator, 
Jos.  (J.  Snyder,  Stated  Clerk. 

Nov.  28,  1911. 


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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  BUTLER 

The  Presbytery  of  Butler  sends  heartiest  greetings  to 
the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  as  it  closes  its  first 
century  of  splendid  service  for  the  Presbyterian  Church 
and  for  Protestantism  on  this  continent  and  beyond  the 
seas,  and  expresses  the  hope  that  the  institution  first 
established  to  secure  a  uniform,  trained  ministry— both 
scholarly  and  devout— shall  increasingly  understand  the 
world's  ills  and  shall  count  it  all  joy  to  prepare  workmen 
who  shall  minister  to  these  needs  and  ever  seek  to  remove 
the  all  embracing  cause. 

Rejoicing  with  you  throughout  the  celebration  of  this 
notable  event,  and  invoking  the  divine  favor  and  blessing 
upon  all  future  efforts  for  the  world's  redemption,  we 
subscribe  in  behalf  of  the  Presbytery. 

Wm.  R.  Craig,  Moderator, 
Willis  S.  McNees,  Stated  Clerk. 

Done  in  Presbytery,  December  12,  1911. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CARLISLE 

At  its  recent  stated  meeting,  the  Presbytery  of  Car- 
lisle, having  received  the  invitation  of  the  Theological 
Seminary  at  Princeton  to  attend  its  approaching  Cen- 
tennial Anniversary  Celebration,  requested  me  to  thank 
the  Seminary  for  its  invitation. 

I  desire  to  add  my  personal  thanks  and  felicitations 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

also,  having  received  an  individual  invitation  and  re- 
membering with  thankfulness  and  honor  the  good  I 
received  from  the  Institution. 

Rob't  F.  McClean,  Stated  Clerk. 

Mechanicsburg,  Pa.,  April  25,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CAYUGA 

The  Presbytery  of  Cayuga  desires  to  send  its  greet- 
ings to  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  on  the  comple- 
tion of  one  hundred  years  of  noble  service  both  to  our 
Church  and  to  the  Kingdom  throughout  the  world. 

We  are  grateful  to  God  for  his  goodness  to  this  insti- 
tution in  the  past,  and  pray  that  God's  richest  blessing 
may  rest  abundantly  on  it  during  the  coming  years. 

Attest:  E.  Lloyd  Jones,  Stated  Clerk. 

Cayuga,  N.  Y.,  April  26,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CENTRAL  DAKOTA 

The  Presbytery  of  Central  Dakota  joins  with  others 
in  offering  to  Princeton  Seminary  felicitations  on  the 
completion  of  one  hundred  years  of  service  for  Christ 
and  the  Church. 

May  the  God,  who  has  so  signally  blessed  her  with  con- 
secrated, scholarly  men  in  her  chairs  for  one  hundred 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

years,  richly  endow  her  with  men  and  money  that  she 
may  render  larger  service  to  the  cause. 

May  those  who  go  forth  from  her  halls  be  strong  in  the 
faith,  well  qualified  and  adapted  to  defend  the  position 
of  Evangelical  Christianity  until  the  Lord  come. 

Wishing  the  Seminary  larger  usefulness,  in  behalf  of 
the  Presbytery  of  Central  Dakota, 

John  C.  Linton,  Stated  Clerk. 

Flandreau,  S.  D.,  April  23,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER 

The  Presbytery  of  Chester,  in  session  at  Paoli,  Pennsylvania, 
Tuesday,  January  30,  1912,  acknowledges  with  appreciation  the 
gratifying  announcement  that  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  the  U.  S.  A.  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  completes, 
with  its  present  session,  one  hundred  years  of  service  to  the  Church. 
The  Presbytery  congratulates  the  Seminary  on  this  event,  and  assures 
it  of  its  deep  appreciation  of  the  splendid  work  it  has  accomplished, 
and  that  its  prayers  for  the  future  enlarged  success  of  the  Seminary 
shall  ever  ascend  to  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church  for  His  continued 
favor  and  blessing. 

The  above  action,  by  resolution,  was  heartily  and 
unanimously  adopted  by  the  Presbytery  and  I  was  di- 
rected, in  my  official  capacity,  as  the  Stated  Clerk,  to 
forward  the  same,  duly  attested,  to  the  authorities  of  the 
Seminary,  which  duty  I  have  great  pleasure  in  herewith 
fulfilling. 

Wm.  Tenton  Kruse,  Stated  Clerk. 

Elwyn,  Pa.,  Jan.  31,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHICAGO 

The  Presbytery  of  Chicago  gladly  avails  itself  of  the 
opportunity  of  extending  to  the  Boards  of  Directors  and 
Trustees,  and  to  the  Faculty  and  Alumni  of  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary  its  sincerest  and  warmest  congrat- 
ulations on  the  occasion  of  its  attaining  the  100th  anni- 
versary of  its  establishment. 

The  strength  and  influence  of  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  has  rightly  been  the  ground  of  gratification 
and  of  legitimate  pride  to  the  whole  Presbyterian  com- 
munity of  this  land.  Its  first  century  of  life,  coinciding 
as  it  does  with  the  most  intensely  active  period  from  the 
intellectual  point  of  view  of  the  world's  history,  was 
from  its  nature  one  that  required  the  work  of  such  an 
institution  as  Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  The 
Seminary  has  made  its  contribution  to  the  whole  current 
of  intellectual  and  religious  life  with  marked  success. 
Presbyterianism  in  America,  as  well  as  throughout  the 
whole  world,  has  reason  to  rejoice  and  give  thanks  to  God 
for  the  life  of  such  an  institution.  In  a  time  of  intensely 
practical  tendencies  Princeton  has  insisted  on  scholarly 
tastes  and  habits  of  thought.  In  a  time  of  questioning, 
with  the  risk  of  relaxing  convictions,  she  has  stood  for 
loyalty  to  conviction.  In  a  time  of  diminishing  stress  on 
educational  qualifications  for  the  ministry,  she  has  lifted 
high  the  cherished  ideals  distinctive  of  Presbyterianism 
throughout  the  centuries,  of  a  thoroughly  educated  min- 
istry of  the  Gospel.  Much  of  the  success  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  maintaining  its  standards  and  regulat- 
ing its  progress  is  due  to  the  fidelity  with  which  Prince- 
ton Theological  Seminary  has  lived  and  realized  its 
ideals. 

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,The  Presbytery  of  Chicago  offers  the  prayer,  and 
cherishes  the  hope,  that  the  first  century  of  the  life  of 
such  an  institution  may  be  followed  by  others  of  still 
greater  and  more  varied  usefulness. 

Presented  by  committee,  Rev.  Andrew  C.  Zenos,  Chair- 
man.   Adopted  in  Presbytery  April  15, 1912. 

Attest: 

James  Frothingham,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHILLICOTHE 

The  Presbytery  of  Chillicothe  joyfully  notes  the  One 
Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  founding  of  our  Theo- 
logical Seminary  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  and  hereby  sends 
sincere  greeting  and  assurance  of  prayer  for  continued 
good  work. 

Attest:  Harry  B.  Vail,  Stated  Clerk. 

Washington  C.  H.,  Ohio,  April  16,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  COLUMBIA 

The  Presbytery  of  Columbia  begs  to  acknowledge  the 
receipt  of  the  announcement  of  the  one  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton,  New 
Jersey. 

The  Presbytery  would  express  its  gratification  at  the 
noble  and  fruitful  history  thus  accomplished,  would  con- 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

gratulate  the  faculty  and  officers  of  the  Seminary  upon 
the  past,  and  would  say  that  it  cherishes  the  warmest 
appreciation  of  its  present  satisfactory  status,  and  in- 
dulges the  brightest  hopes  for  its  future  usefulness  and 
prosperity. 

By  order  of  Presbytery, 

Christopher  G.  Hazard,  Stated  Clerk. 

Catskill,  N.  Y.,  April  23rd,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  COUNCIL  BLUFFS 

Council  Bluifs  Presbytery  sends  fraternal  greetings. 
We  are  proud  of  Princeton  Seminary;  proud  of  her 
record ;  proud  of  her  achievements.  We  praise  Almighty 
God  for  such  institutions  as  Princeton,  and  we  pray  that 
His  richest  blessing  may  rest  upon  good  old  Princeton. 

We  congratulate  you  on  your  one  hundredth  birthday, 
and  it  is  our  wish  that  Princeton  may  continue  to  pros- 
per for  many,  many  centuries.  God  speed  your  course ; 
God  bless  your  instructors ;  God  bless  your  students. 

With  my  whole  heart  I  join  the  Presbytery  in  sending 
you  these  greetings. 

Theo.  J.  Asmus,  Stated  Clerk. 

Carson,  Iowa,  Oct.  26,  1911. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CRAWFORD SVILLE 

The  Presbytery  of  Crawf  ordsville,  in  session  at  Frank- 
fort, Ind.,  sends  greetings  and  rejoices  with  you  in  the 

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completion  of  your  first  one  hundred  years  of  service  to 
the  Church. 

We  assure  you  of  our  prayers  for  your  continued  suc- 
cess in  training  workers  who  are  to  go  out  in  the  great 
service  of  the  Master. 

Gibson  Wilson, 
Hugh  N.  Ronald, 
Committee. 

Frankfort,  Ind.,  Dec.  11,  1911. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  DALLAS 

The  Presbytery  of  Dallas,  Synod  of  Texas,  sends 
greeting  and  congratulations  to  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  on  its  100th  Anniversary. 

By  order  of  the  Presbytery, 

R.  W.  Benge,  Stated  Clerk. 
Athens,  Texas,  Oct.  31,  1911. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  DUBUQUE 

The  Presbytery  of  Dubuque  has  directed  me  to  convey 
to  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  its  greetings  and 
congratulations  on  the  completion  of  a  hundred  years  of 
distinguished  service  of  God  and  of  the  Church,  and  to 
assure  you  that  earnest  and  hearty  prayers  shall  continu- 
ally be  offered  for  your  abiding  prosperity  and  enlarging 
usefulness. 

W.  O.  Ruston,  Stated  Clerk. 

Dubuque,  Iowa,  April  30,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  EBENEZER 

The  Presbytery  of  Ebenezer,  at  its  stated  meeting  in 
Lexington,  Ky.,  in  October,  1911,  instructed  the  Stated 
Clerk  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  the  announcement 
of  the  Centennial  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary, 
and  to  convey  to  you  its  appreciation  of  your  long  and 
honorable  service  to  the  Church  and  your  loyalty  to  your 
historic  conditions,  as  well  as  its  earnest  wish  and  prayer 
that  the  Seminary  may  have  many  centuries  of  service 
and  a  constantly  increasing  service  to  the  Church. 

J.  N.  Ervin,  Stated  Clerk. 
Dayton,  Ky.,  Feb.  24,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  IOWA  CITY 

The  Presbytery  of  Iowa  City  joins  heartily  in  the  con- 
gratulations that  are  due  the  Theological  Seminary  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  on  the  completion  of  One 
Hundred  Years  of  service  for  the  Church,  and  assures 
the  President,  Faculty  and  Students  that  they  have  our 
prayers  and  good  wishes  at  this  glad  time,  and  we  wish 
the  Institution  many  more  happy  Centennial  Celebra- 
tions. May  all  the  future  years  be  as  rich  in  blessing  as 
the  last. 

On  behalf  and  at  the  direction  of  Iowa  City  Presby- 
tery, 

H.  S.  Condit,  Stated  Clerk. 

Iowa  City,  Iowa,  April  29,  1912. 

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THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  LEHIGH 

A  communication  having  been  received  from  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey, 
announcing  the  completion  with  the  present  session  of 
one  hundred  years  of  service  to  the  Church,  and  asking 
for  the  good  wishes  and  prayers  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Lehigh,— 

Your  committee  recommends  that  the  Presbytery  send 
to  the  Seminary  its  most  hearty  congratulations  on  the 
completion  of  one  hundred  years  of  service  in  educating 
men  for  the  Gospel  Ministry,  assuring  it  of  our  pray- 
ers for  God's  richest  blessings  for  the  years  that  are  to 
come ;  and  we  further  recommend  that  we  here  and  now, 
as  a  Presbytery,  offer  united  prayer  for  the  Seminary. 

In  behalf  of  the  Committee, 

Samuel  C.  Hodge,  Chairman. 

Hazleton,  Pa.,  Apr.  17,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  MADISON 

The  Presbytery  of  Madison,  in  session  at  Richland 
Center,  Wisconsin,  16  April,  received  your  announce- 
ment of  the  near  completion  of  one  hundred  years  of 
service.  It  directs  its  stated  clerk  to  send  this  letter  of 
congratulation  and  best  wishes.  On  taking  this  action 
the  Presbytery  was  led  in  prayer  by  Elder  H.  B.  San- 
ford,  of  Christ  Church,  Madison,  on  behalf  of  your  great 
institution,  our  Seminary  at  Princeton. 

Ernest  C.  Henke,  Stated  Clerk. 
Baraboo,  Wis.,  22  April,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  MATTOON 

The  Presbytery  of  Mattoon,  in  session  at  Effingham, 
Illinois,  April  10th,  1912,  took  note  of  the  completion 
of  the  first  hundred  years  of  service  of  the  Princeton 
Seminary. 

By  formal  action  I  was  instructed  to  convey  to  you, 
on  behalf  of  the  Presbytery,  its  congratulations,  good 
wishes  and  prayers. 

We  have  a  pardonable  pride  in  your  institution;  we 
recognize  its  signal  service  in  the  Kingdom  of  our  Lord ; 
we  glory  in  its  loyalty  to  the  faith  once  given  to  the 
saints. 

It  is  in  our  hearts  to  add  other  centuries  of  like  ser- 
vice, and  pray  that  all  in  connection  with  Princeton  may 
everywhere  be  marked  as  men  who  have  been  with  Jesus, 
conspicuous  for  energy,  effectiveness,  consecration. 

With  the  multitude  who  so  believe,  place  Mattoon 
Presbytery. 

John  A.  Tracy,  Stated  Clerk. 

Shelbyville,  111.,  April  12,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  MONMOUTH 

Monmouth  Presbytery  receives  with  pleasure  the  an- 
nouncement of  the  approaching  centennial  celebration 
of  Princeton  Seminary's  splendid  history  and  service. 

The  Presbytery  is  devoutly  grateful  to  God  for  an 
institution  which  has  stood  for  one  hundred  years  a 
staunch  defender  of  the  faith  of  the  fathers,  as  handed 
down  in  the  Word  of  God,  and  for  the  long  line  of  godly 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

and  able  ministers  of  the  Word  which  has  gone  out  from 
its  walls  to  the  work  of  the  Church  in  all  the  world. 

Old  Monmouth  Presbytery,  which  through  all  these 
years  has  been  in  closest  touch  with  Princeton,  and 
whose  churches  have  been  founded  and  developed  so 
largely  by  Princeton  graduates,  would  most  cordially 
take  advantage  of  this  opportunity  to  express  its  debt 
to  the  Seminary  and  its  joy  in  the  Seminary's  pros- 
perity. 

The  Presbytery  hereby  sends  to  the  Directors,  Trus- 
tees and  Faculty  of  the  Seminary  the  assurance  of  its 
good  wishes  and  fervent  prayers  for  an  enlarged  and 
still  grander  life  of  usefulness  through  all  the  years  to 
come. 

Resolved,  That  the  Presbytery  recommend  to  the  pastors  of  the 
churches  within  its  bounds  hearty  co-operation  in  the  Seminary's 
project  to  gather  a  centennial  fund  to  enlarge  its  efficiency  for  the 
future. 

Adopted  in  the  Monmouth  Presbytery  Session  of  Jan. 
23, 1912,  at  Atlantic  Highlands,  N.  J. 

Attest:  Fkank  R.  Symmes,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEBRASKA  CITY 

The  Presbytery  of  Nebraska  City  sends  greetings  to 
the  Theological  Seminary  of  Princeton,  rejoicing  in  its 
century  of  prosperity  and  praying  that  our  Heavenly 
Father  may  grant  to  it  a  long  future  of  still  richer  bless- 
ings. 

Done  in  Presbytery  this  fourteenth  day  of  November, 
1911. 

Thomas  L.  Sexton,  Stated  Clerk. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  BRUNSWICK 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick  on 
January  23d,  1912,  there  was  reported  to  the  Presbytery 
the  announcement  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary of  its  approaching  one  hundredth  anniversary,  to- 
gether with  the  request  of  the  officers  of  the  Seminary 
for  the  interest  and  prayers  of  the  Presbytery  of  New 
Brunswick. 

In  response  to  this  request  the  Presbytery  adopted  the 
following  resolutions,  viz:  — 

First,  That  the  members  of  the  Presbytery  will  suitably  remember 
the  Seminary  in  private  and  public  prayer. 

Second,  That  in  response  to  the  request  from  the  Seminary  there 
shall  be  forwarded  to  its  officers  a  paper  prepared  by  a  Committee 
of  Presbytery  and  read  before  the  Presbytery  in  September,  1911. 

Third,  That  the  Seminary  shall  be  informed  that  the  Presbytery 
has  appointed  a  Committee  to  attend  the  commemorative  exercises 
of  the  Seminary. 

The  paper  referred  to  in  these  resolutions,  and  now 
forwarded  to  you,  the  officers  of  the  Seminary,  in  the 
name  of  the  Presbytery,  is  as  follows  :— 

The  need  which  suggested  the  establishment  of  a  Theological 
Seminary  was  complex.  The  first  need  of  the  Church  of  a  hundred 
years  ago  was  an  increased  number  of  ministers.  The  nation  was  in 
the  grip  of  a  great  missionary  movement.  William  Carey  had  fanned 
the  flickering  flame  of  evangelism  to  a  white  heat,  which  also  in- 
flamed the  Church  on  this  continent.  The  Great  Revival  of  1800 
accentuated  the  need  for  the  preparation  of  an  ample  supply  of  min- 
isters to  safeguard  the  rapidly  spreading  cause  of  Christ.  Another 
condition  lay  in  French  infidelity,  which  was  rampant  and  threat- 
ened to  invade  the  Church,  as  it  had  already  invaded  the  Colleges 
and  clubs  of  the  land.    This  corrupt  philosophy  challenged  the  virile 

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intellect  of  the  period  and  required  a  commanding  response  by  an 
accredited  scholarship.  A  further  need  for  ministers  consisted  in 
the  unevangelical  influences  of  the  theological  seminaries  and  uni- 
versities in  the  New  England  States.  They  were  rapidly  falling  into 
the  control  of  Unitarian  disciples.  Protestantism  needed  ardent 
believers  and  efficient  teachers  of  essential  Christianity  rightly  to 
direct  the  pulsating  yearnings  of  the  large  accretions  to  the  Church. 
The  able  and  ardent  ministry  of  the  time  were  very  busy  men  and 
were  precluded  from  sacrificing  time  and  energy  on  other  than  their 
specific  work.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  unreliable  methods  of  preparation 
existed,  under  instructors  of  less  ability,  and  inculcated  a  sinister 
tendency.  "An  educated  ministry"  was  the  cry.  The  power  and 
purity  of  the  rising  clergy  called  for  true  and  capable  experts.  This 
was  conclusively  vindicated  by  subsequent  consequences  of  ecclesi- 
astical health  and  influence. 

In  recognition,  then,  of  the  imminent  need  of  an  educated  min- 
istry, the  Rev.  Ashbel  Green,  D.D.,  as  early  as  1805  sent  into  the 
General  Assembly  an  "admirable  paper"  which  drew  the  mind  of 
the  Church  to  this  important  subject.  Of  the  particular  method  for 
raising  up  an  efficient  ministry,  however,  the  earliest  discoverable 
mention  lies  in  a  portion  of  the  Moderator's  sermon  to  the  General 
Assembly  of  1808,  preached  by  the  Rev.  Archibald  Alexander.  ' '  En- 
couraged by  this,"  writes  Dr.  Green  in  his  autobiography,  "I  used 
all  my  influence  in  favor  of  this  measure ;  and  in  1809  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia,  to  which  I  belonged,  sent  into  the  General  Assembly 
of  that  year  an  overture  distinctly  proposing  the  establishment  of 
a  theological  school."  The  assembly  sent  down  to  the  Presbyteries 
for  their  consideration  the  following  alternatives:  First,  one  great 
school  in  some  convenient  place  near  the  center  of  the  Church ;  sec- 
ond, two  such  schools  in  such  places  as  may  best  accommodate  the 
northern  and  southern  sections  of  the  Church;  and,  third,  such  a 
school  within  the  bounds  of  each  of  the  Synods.  The  vote  of  the  Pres- 
byteries strongly  favored  the  establishment  of  an  institution  of  theo- 
logical learning,  but  left  somewhat  in  doubt  the  best  plan  of  pro- 
cedure. The  first  and  third  plans  commanded  an  equal  support. 
The  Assembly  of  1810  adopted  the  first  plan,  and  appointed  a  com- 
mittee, of  which  Dr.  Green  was  chairman,  to  draft  an  outline  of  the 
proposed    Seminary.      Dr.    Green's    committee    laid    its   report    in 

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printed  form  before  the  Assembly  of  1811,  by  whom  it  was  adopted 
in  toto,  proposing  that  in  the  Seminary  "when  completely  organized, 
there  shall  be  at  least  three  professors,  who  shall  give  a  regular 
course  of  instruction  in  divinity,  in  Oriental  and  Biblical  literature 
and  in  ecclesiastical  history  and  church  government,  and  such  other 
subjects  as  may  be  deemed  necessary." 

The  location  of  the  theological  seminary  at  Princeton  was  largely 
determined  by  two  considerations,  to  wit,  the  helpful  presence  of  the 
college  and  geographical  convenience.  Princeton  was  midway  be- 
tween the  Synods  of  New  York  and  Philadelphia.  The  trustees  of 
the  college  proffered  sufficient  land  for  a  site  for  the  seminary,  but 
a  similar  offer  of  Richard  Stockton,  noted  patriot  and  philanthropist, 
was  gratefully  accepted. 

A  yet  more  sacred  and  significant  necessity  remained  to  be  sap- 
plied,  namely,  the  endowment  of  the  embryonic  institution  with  a 
living  and  life-giving  spirit.  The  selection  of  a  man  to  pioneer  the 
proposed  seminary  through  a  "terra  incognita"  was,  perhaps,  the 
most  solemn  duty  that  ever  confronted  the  General  Assembly.  In 
the  Assembly  of  1811,  preceded  by  prayer  and  prosecuted  in  the 
hush  of  sacred  awe,  and  ' '  amid  the  tears  and  prayers  of  the  Church, 
Dr.  Alexander  was  elected  to  the  office"  of  the  first  and  only  pro- 
fessor of  the  seminary-in-sight.  On  the  twelfth  day  of  August  in 
the  following  year  he  was  inducted  into  his  high  office  at  the  age 
of  forty  years.  In  his  characteristic  modesty  and  faith,  the  newly 
invested  professor  approached  the  herculean  difficulties  of  the  hour. 
There  was  nothing  tangible  before  the  sight  of  this  pathfinder,  but 
a  firm  faith  held  him  steadfast  to  his  great  Guide  and  Hope.  The 
seminary  began  with  three  students  and  a  single  teacher.  In  the 
following  year  these  were  augmented  to  twenty-four  students  and 
two  teachers,  the  Rev.  Samuel  Miller,  D.D.,  having  been  added  to  the 
faculty. 

This  infantile  institution  of  sacred  learning  begins  now  to  develop 
into  individuality  of  character.  The  personnel  of  Princeton's  insti- 
tutional life,  from  the  pioneer  Alexander  to  the  present,  has  given 
it  its  individuality  among  similar  institutions.  Its  founders  and 
friends  were  men  of  liberal  learning  and  searching  thoughtfulness. 
There  are  in  such  temperaments  balance  and  proportion,  and  their 
tendency  is  toward  the  conservation  of  the  intellectually  accredited. 

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In  addition,  the  age  and  place  of  the  early  life  of  Princeton  conduced 
markedly  to  its  type  of  character.  She  was  not  buffeted  by  the  rest- 
less flux  that  surged  around  other  institutions.  A  stately  equanimity 
and  a  sylvan  isolation  conduced  to  a  conservative  character.  The 
location  as  much  as  the  "Zeitgeist"  contributed  to  its  distinct  indi- 
viduality. 

Princeton's  character  answered  an  existing  necessity.  The  re- 
quirements of  the  age  were  for  caution  and  conservatism.  The 
natural  consequences  of  a  heated  revival  experience  and  a  rapidly 
spreading  Church  were  mixed  accretions  of  impulse  and  fervor.  The 
influx  of  French  infidelity,  made  attractive  by  the  charm  of  a  sym- 
pathetic court  and  nation,  called  for  a  confirming  conviction  of  faith 
and  stedfastness.  The  insinuations  of  an  insidious  philosophy  rap- 
idly infested  the  churches  and  universities  of  New  England  with 
doubt  and  danger.  In  the  midst  of  this  instability  and  uncertainty 
Princeton  sounded  the  clarion  note  of  conviction  and  courage.  The 
Church  of  to-day  is  not  unmindful  of  her  heroic  exploits  in  these 
crises  of  thought  and  morals.  She  aided  many  a  struggler  in  the 
gurgling  rapids  to  hold  fast  to  that  which  was  good,  and  therefore 
enduring.  The  past  century  of  our  Church  is  secure  largely  because 
of  her  services  in  the  apologetics  of  the  Reformed  faith.  Her  cen- 
tenary memorializes  her  monumental  achievements  in  sacred  disci- 
pline to  thousands  of  young  men  who  have  themselves  rendered 
efficient  work  in  fields  at  home  and  abroad. 

What,  then,  of  Princeton's  position  in  the  immediate  present? 
Is  her  past,  however  glorious,  the  mere  reflection  of  a  closed  career? 
That  there  is  need  in  the  domain  of  divinity  for  thoroughness  of 
thought  and  exemplification  of  precept  is  manifest  to  every  sober 
participant  in  the  serious  life  of  the  present  age.  The  latter  half  of 
the  nineteenth  century  developed  a  spirit  audacious  and  ominous. 
In  every  realm  of  thought  and  action  radicalism  holds  the  reins  and 
drives  the  steeds.  The  danger  of  to-day  is  not  the  failure  to  discover 
new  territories  of  truth,  but  the  destruction  of  continents  of  convic- 
tion as  a  necessary  trail  for  reaching  the  new  treasures.  Radicalism 
is  on  the  road  to  ruin  unless  related  to  a  sympathetic  yet  virile 
conservatism.  The  past  has  labored  as  truly  as  we  do,  and  the  pres- 
ent may  enter  into  its  labor  with  joy  and  profit.  Both  the  radical 
and  the  conservative  has  his  legitimate  and  essential  place  in  the 

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procession  and  progression  of  the  race.  It  is  unreasonable  and  un- 
fortunate to  create  antipathy  and  antagonism  between  correlated 
companions  in  quest  of  a  common  object. 

Without  stigmatizing  one  or  despising  the  other,  one  may  evaluate 
both.  There  exists  at  the  present  an  imperative  need  for  a  steadying 
conservatism  in  order  to  retain  to  the  Church  and  nation  the  accred- 
ited and  substantial.  Princeton  with  its  characteristic  type  of 
thought  and  influence,  is  to-day  an  indispensable  institution  of  sacred 
learning.  Never  did  a  generation  need  more  its  temperamental  atti- 
tude toward  fundamental  questions  of  thought  and  radical  problems 
of  action.  Without  the  slightest  disparagement  to  others,  Princeton 
is  invaluable  to  the  present  age  and  for  future  generations  for  the 
training  of  young  men  for  leadership  in  the  Church.  Her  centenary 
is  her  challenge  to  the  twentieth  century  of  cordial  interest  and  cou- 
rageous purpose.  Surrounded  by  a  great  cloud  of  witnesses  she  is 
buckling  on  her  armor  for  continued  and  aggressive  warfare  for 
Christ  and  His  Church.  Every  lover  of  the  Church  will  acclaim  her 
vision  and  commend  her  determination  to  apprehend  that  for  which 
she  was  apprehended  by  her  Master  and  founders. 

In  view  of  the  proposed  centennial  celebration  of 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  the  Presbytery  adopts 
the  following  resolutions : 

1.  The  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick  hereby  expresses  its  cordial 
appreciation  of  Princeton's  distinguished  services  to  the  Church  and 
nation  during  her  century  of  existence.  We  are  proud  of  her  im- 
perishable past.  Her  eminent  men  and  her  efficient  achievements 
are  illustrious  in  the  records  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  her 
devotion  to  the  nation  is  the  boast  of  every  patriot. 

2.  The  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick  shares  in  the  confidence  of 
sister  Presbyteries  of  Princeton's  ability  and  intention  to  meet  the 
present  problems  in  the  Church  with  sympathy  and  courage.  We 
recognize  her  as  a  strong  defender  of  our  faith,  delivered  unto  us 
by  the  great  Head  of  the  Church  and  transmitted  to  us  as  a  sacred 
legacy.  We  know  her  as  our  chivalric  contestant  in  the  maintenance 
of  truth  and  power. 

3.  The  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick  ardently  commends  Prince- 

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ton  to  the  affectionate  and  liberal  support  of  the  churches  within 
her  bounds  through  moral  and  financial  co-operation.  We  may  move 
her  to  unparalleled  usefulness  by  our  fervent  prayers  and  cordial 
good-will,  and  in  view  of  her  aspiring  development  of  facilities  and 
enlargement  of  faculty,  we  also  earnestly  commend  Princeton  to  the 
liberal  financial  support  of  individuals  and  churches  in  our  Presby- 
tery. In  her  endeavor  to  increase  her  endowment  with  an  addi- 
tional million  of  dollars,  greatly  needed  to  meet  the  large  purposes, 
we  bespeak  for  Princeton  the  most  cheerful  and  lavish  support  of 
our  Presbyterians.  We  can  suggest  no  better  financial  investment 
to  men  of  large  means  than  the  enlargement  and  development  of  this 
institution  of  genuine  culture  and  strategic  influence. 

4.  The  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick  designates  five  commission- 
ers as  official  visitors  of  the  Presbytery  to  the  Centennial  celebration 
of  the  Seminary. 

The  commissioners  appointed  by  the  Presbytery  are 
as  follows:  Eev.  August  W.  Sonne,  Rev.  Henry  Collin 
Minton,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Rev.  Walter  A.  Brooks,  D.D.,  Rev. 
Daniel  R.  Foster,  Rev.  Francis  Palmer. 

Attest:  Walter  A.  Brooks,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEWTON 

At  the  stated  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of  Newton, 
held  at  Newton,  N.  J.,  on  April  9th,  1912,  the  following 
was  adopted  by  a  hearty  and  unanimous  vote  of  the  Pres- 
bytery, as  the  report  of  the  Committee  to  which  had 
been  referred  the  communication  from  Princeton  Semi- 
nary, announcing  the  completion,  with  this  present 
session,  of  one  hundred  years  of  service  to  the  Church. 

Whereas,  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  will  observe  its  Cen- 
tennial at  the  Commencement  season  in  May ;  be  it 

Resolved,  1st :  That  the  Presbytery  of  Newton  places  on  record  its 

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deep  thankfulness  to  Almighty  God  for  the  great  usefulness  of  this, 
the  oldest  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America. 

Resolved,  2nd :  That  we  recognize,  in  the  present  Faculty,  men  of 
eminent  scholarship  and  spiritual  loyalty,  fit  successors  to  those  who 
have  gone  before. 

Resolved,  3rd:  That  we  congratulate  both  the  Faculty  and  the 
Board  of  Directors  upon  the  bright  prospect  of  future  usefulness  for 
this  Institution, 

Resolved,  4th:  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  forwarded  to 
the  Committee  having  charge  of  the  Centennial  Celebration. 

J.  A.  Armstrong, 
W.  C.  Peabody, 

Theodore  Tinsman, 

Committee. 

Attest:  E.  Clarke  Cline,  Stated  Clerk. 

Phillipsburg,  N.  J.,  April  11th,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK 

The  Presbytery  of  New  York  acknowledges  with  plea- 
sure the  announcement  of  your  100th  Anniversary  at  the 
completion  of  the  present  session  of  the  Seminary  and 
also  your  request  for  the  good  wishes  and  prayers  of  this 
Presbytery. 

At  our  meeting  yesterday  I  was  instructed  as  stated 
clerk  of  the  Presbytery  to  convey  to  you  our  congratula- 
tions upon  this  long  service  to  the  Church  and  the  suc- 
cess which  has  crowned  your  efforts  to  extend  the 
Kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ.  We 
assure  you  of  our  good  wishes  and  promise  to  remember 
you  in  our  prayers. 

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May  the  Lord  grant  you  His  richest  blessings  and 
increase  your  labors  and  the  reward  which  has  always 
attended  them  more  and  more  abundantly. 

In  behalf  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York, 

Jesse  F.  Forbes,  Stated  Clerk. 

Nov.  14,  1911. 


THE  PEESBYTEEY  OF  NOETH  EIVEE 

The  Presbytery  of  North  Eiver  extends  greeting  to 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  upon  the  occasion  of 
the  celebration  of  her  one  hundredth  anniversary. 

We  thank  God  for  the  founding  of  Princeton  Semi- 
nary; for  the  great  work  He  has  enabled  her  to  accom- 
plish in  the  preparation  of  men  for  the  ministry  of 
Christ ;  for  her  noted  contributions  to  Christian  Theol- 
ogy ;  and  for  her  consistent  stand  for  the  Faith. 

With  congratulations  upon  her  past  and  with  prayers 
for  her  future,  the  Presbytery  of  North  Eiver  adds  her 
felicitations  upon  this  most  happy  occasion. 

Attest:  John  Scott  King,  Stated  Clerk. 

Done  in  Presbytery,  at  Newburgh,  N.  Y.,  April  16,  1912. 


THE  PEESBYTEEY  OF  NOETHUMBEELAND 

The  Presbytery  of  Northumberland  at  its  two  hun- 
dred and  fourth  stated  semi-annual  meeting,  unani- 
mously voted  to  send  congratulations  to  Princeton  Theo- 

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logical  Seminary  on  completing  one  hundred  years  of 
splendid  service  for  Christ  and  the  Church.  The  Pres- 
bytery expresses  the  earnest  and  prayerful  wish  that  the 
Seminary  may  ever  continue  her  painstaking  and  con- 
secrated work  of  loyalty  to  the  Holy  Scriptures,  to  the 
Standards  of  the  Church  and  to  Jesus  Christ  her  Foun- 
der and  Head. 

James  Wollaston  Kirk,  Moderator, 
Henry  Sperbeck,  Stated  Clerk. 

April  16th,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  OAKLAND 

In  view  of  the  splendid  record  of  successful  service  of 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  for  one  hundred  years, 
the  Presbytery  of  Oakland  hereby  acknowledges  the  an- 
nouncement sent  by  the  said  institution  and  expresses  its 
sincere  interest  and  felicitations  on  the  completion  of 
Princeton's  century;  and  sends  her,  through  the  Stated 
Clerk,  hearty  good  wishes  and  prayers  for  God's  richest 
blessing  upon  the  Seminary  in  the  coming  years. 
In  behalf  of  the  Presbytery, 

R.  S.  Eastman,  Stated  Clerk. 

Berkeley,  Calif.,  March  1,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  OMAHA 

The  Presbytery  of  Omaha  has  heard  with  much  inter- 
est that  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  at  Princeton, 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

New  Jersey,  is  approaching  the  completion  of  one  hun- 
dred years  of  service  to  the  Church,  and  recognizes  with 
gratitude  the  great  work  which  this  institution,  under 
the  blessing  of  God,  has  been  able  to  accomplish. 

Beginning  at  a  time  when  the  membership  of  the  whole 
Church  was  but  little  larger  than  that  of  our  Synod  of 
Nebraska  at  the  present  time,  it  has  grown  with  the 
growth  of  the  Church ;  it  has  sent  ministers  of  the  Word, 
numbered  by  the  thousand,  into  all  parts  of  the  world ; 
and  at  the  end  of  the  century  it  is  more  adequately 
equipped  for  service  than  at  any  other  period  in  its 
history. 

Remembering  the  strong  and  godly  men  who  have  been 
connected  with  this  institution  in  the  past,  and  believing 
that  they  have  been  succeeded  in  the  good  work  by  men 
of  like  faith  and  spirit,  we  invoke  God's  richest  blessing 
upon  Princeton  Seminary  and  pray  that  it  may  still  be 
mightily  used  for  the  extension  of  the  Kingdom  of  our 
blessed  Lord. 

Attest:  Julius  F.  Schwaez,  Stated  Clerk. 

Done  in  Presbytery  in  session  at  Fremont, 
Nebraska,  April  16th,  A.  D.  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  PECOS  VALLEY 

The  Presbytery  of  Pecos  Valley,  with  pleasure  and 
sincere  thanks,  acknowledges  the  receipt  of  your  an- 
nouncement concerning  the  completion  of  the  first  one 
hundred  years  of  service  to  the  Church;  and  we  desire 
to  express  our  most  hearty  congratulations,  praying 
God's  continued  blessings  upon  the  work  of  this  great 
institution. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

By  order  of  the  Presbytery  of  Pecos  Valley,  this  5th 
day  of  April,  A.D.  1912. 

Attest:  Ebenezer  E.  Mathes,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA 

The  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  most  heartily  and 
cordially  congratulates  the  Seminary  on  its  splendid 
achievement  during  all  these  past  years,  and  expresses 
the  hope  that  even  greater  things  may  be  accomplished 
in  the  years  ahead;  also  that  a  committee  of  three  be 
appointed  by  the  Moderator  to  attend  the  Anniversary 
services. 

The  Moderator  appointed  Rev.  Robert  Hunter,  D.D., 
Stated  Clerk,  William  P.  Fulton,  D.D.,  Permanent 
Clerk,  and  the  Presbytery  named  Rev.  C.  A.  R.  Janvier, 
Moderator,  as  Chairman. 

Attest:  Robert  Hunter,  Stated  Clerk. 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  24,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA 
NORTH 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  North, 
held  September  19,  1911,  the  following  resolution  was 
unanimously  adopted : 

Whereas  this  Presbytery  is  informed  that  a  public  meeting  is  to 
be  held  in  Philadelphia  on  behalf  of  Princeton  Seminary  which  is 
soon  to  celebrate  its  Centennial  Anniversary,  therefore 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Resolved  1,  That  we  commend  this  meeting  to  the  favorable  atten- 
tion of  our  ministers  and  people. 

2,  That  we  desire  to  express  our  grateful  sense  of  the  benefits 
which  have  come  to  us  as  a  Presbytery,  and  to  the  churches  under 
our  care,  from  our  neighborhood  to  this  venerable  Seminary. 

3,  That  we  pray  for  the  continued  and  increasing  prosperity  of 
this  great  School  of  the  Prophets. 

Attest:  Richakd  Montgomery,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  PHOENIX 

On  behalf  of  the  Presbytery  of  Phoenix,  I  beg  to  ex- 
tend to  you  and  to  the  Seminary,  including  all  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Faculty,  our  congratulations  on  the  centen- 
nial occasion  which  the  Seminary  observes  this  year,  and 
we  pray  you  all  possible  blessing. 

F.  C.  Reid,  Stated  Clerk. 

Phoenix,  Ariz.,  April  17,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  RESERVE 

Reserve  Presbytery  met  April  10th,  and  requested  me 
to  convey  the  hearty  good  will  and  appreciation  of  the 
Brethren  to  you  for  reaching  the  100th  Anniversary  of 
your  good  work;  and  also  the  prayers  of  the  Brethren 
for  the  success  of  the  Institution  for  many  centuries  yet 

to  come. 

D.  S.  Brown,  Stated  Clerk. 

Kadoka,  S.  D.,  April  17th,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  ROCHESTER 

Gathered  in  regular  Spring  Meeting,  the  Presbytery 
of  Rochester  takes  great  pleasure  in  extending  a  unani- 
mous vote  of  congratulation  to  the  Theological  Seminary 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of 
America  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  on  the  occasion  of  the 
celebration  of  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the 
Founding  of  the  Seminary. 

Our  vote  is  not  alone  one  of  congratulation,  but  also  of 
appreciation.  We  feel  that  we  honor  ourselves  in  hon- 
oring an  Institution  that  has  done  such  great  and  notable 
work  in  advancing  the  Kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour 
Jesus  Christ  in  America  and  throughout  the  world  in  all 
these  years. 

The  Presbytery  hereby  appoint  Reverend  George  Her- 
man Fickes  and  Reverend  Gerard  B.  F.  Hallock,  Stated 
Clerk,  to  convey  our  greetings  and,  if  possible,  to  attend 
the  Anniversary  Exercises. 

We  take  pleasure  in  forwarding  the  above  action,  and 
will  attend  your  celebration  if  possible. 

For  the  Presbytery  of  Rochester. 

Geo.  Herman  Fickes, 

G.  B.  F.  Hallock:, 

Committee. 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  April  22nd,  1912. 


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THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  SAINT  LAWRENCE 

We,  the  Presbytery  of  Saint  Lawrence,  now  in  session, 
send  greetings  to  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  and 
hearty  congratulations  on  its  completion  of  one  hundred 
years  of  efficient  service  to  the  Church. 

The  long  roll  of  noble  and  distinguished  men  that  this 
Seminary  has  sent  forth  to  the  Church  and  the  world  is 
well  known  to  all.  Princeton  has,  for  these  hundred 
years,  stood  for  a  strong  and  conservative  Church,  with 
a  policy  that  has  been  a  great  source  of  strength  to  its 
communion  in  preventing  much  loose  and  unorthodox 
thought  from  being  brought  into  our  Church  by  the  min- 
istry it  has  sent  forth. 

We  therefore,  with  a  hope  of  long  continued  pros- 
perity, send  our  prayers  and  greetings. 

Daniel  A.  Ferguson,  Stated  Clerk. 

Canton,  St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  16th,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  SAINT  LOUIS 

The  Presbytery  of  Saint  Louis  has  received  the  an- 
nouncement from  the  Seminary  of  the  approaching  Cen- 
tennial of  its  organization. 

It  has  requested  me  to  reply  to  this,  and  to  say  that 
the  Presbytery  holds  your  venerable  institution  in  the 
highest  esteem,  and  that  it  is  grateful  to  God  for  the 
abundant  service  it  has  rendered  to  the  Church  in  pre- 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

paring  an  able,  faithful  and  orthodox  ministry  during 
the  hundred  years  of  its  existence. 

It  cordially  responds  to  your  request  and  prays  for  the 
continued  peace  and  prosperity  of  your  great  institution. 
Yours  in  behalf  of  the  Presbytery, 

Sam  'l  G.  Niccolls. 

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Oct.  24,  1911. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  SAINT  PAUL 

The  Presbytery  of  Saint  Paul  extends  cordial  greet- 
ings and  expresses  its  appreciation  of  the  splendid  rec- 
ord in  work  and  influence  of  this  the  Mother  Seminary 
of  American  Presbyterianism. 

The  attainments  of  the  past  have  made  Princeton  a 
household  word  in  the  religious  world. 

The  Presbytery  of  Saint  Paul,  while  thus  rejoicing 
with  the  whole  Church  over  the  past  one  hundred  years, 
is  confident  that  God  has  great  blessings  still  to  diffuse 
through  the  agency  of  this,  our  representative  institu- 
tion, in  whose  ideals  and  spirit  are  found  devotion  and 
loyalty  to  the  great  principles  and  magnificent  theology 
of  the  Reformed  Church. 

Attest:  J.  C.  Robinson,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

The  Presbytery  of  San  Francisco,  in  session  this  day, 
receives  with  pleasure  from  the  Theological  Seminary 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

America,  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  the  announcement 
of  its  completion,  with  the  present  session,  of  one  hun- 
dred years  of  service  to  the  Church,  expresses  to  the 
Seminary  profound  appreciation  of  its  noble  work, 
tenders  to  it  hearty  congratulations,  and  pledges  pray- 
ers for  its  ever  increasing  prosperity  and  power. 

Rev.  E.  K.  Strong, 
Rev.  J.  H.  Lattghlin, 

Committee. 
Oct.  10th,  1911. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  SEDALIA 

Resolved,  That  the  Presbytery  of  Sedalia  extends  its 
heartiest  congratulations  to  the  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  on  the  completion  of  its  one  hundred  years  of 
faithful  and  efficient  service  of  the  Church,  and  that  we 
pray  for  continued  usefulness,  and  that  our  Stated  Clerk 
extend  our  congratulations  and  good  wishes  to  said 
Seminary. 

Attest:  J.  W.  Mitchell,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  SYRACUSE 

The  Presbytery  of  Syracuse  acknowledges  the  grace- 
ful announcement  of  the  completion  of  the  first  one  hun- 
dred years  of  the  Seminary's  service,  and  with  profound 
gratitude  to  God  desires  to  assure  the  Seminary  of  its 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

best  wishes  and  continued  prayers  for  increased  pros- 
perity and  enlarged  service  in  the  work  of  the  Kingdom 
of  God  to  the  glory  of  onr  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 
By  order  of  the  Presbytery, 

John  G.  Truair,  Stated  Clerk. 
Dec.  21, 1911. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  TOPEKA 

The  Presbytery  of  Topeka,  in  session  at  Lawrence, 
Kansas,  on  April  10,  1912,  recognizes  with  gratitude  to 
the  great  Head  of  the  Church  the  century  of  service 
completed  and  to  be  celebrated  in  May.  It  acknow- 
ledges the  value  of  the  Seminary  in  contributing  to  the 
equipment  of  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  sound  in  faith  and 
consecrated  to  the  work  of  the  Kingdom.  It  congratu- 
lates the  management  on  the  hopeful  outlook  for  the 
future.  It  joins  in  the  petitions  to  the  Sovereign  Dis- 
poser of  all  events  for  the  continuance  of  His  favor  as  the 
years  and  even  centuries  go. 

Attest:  A.  H.  Harshaw,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  UTICA 

The  Presbytery  of  Utica  recognizes  with  profound 
gratitude  the  completion  by  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary of  its  first  one  hundred  years  of  magnificent  service 
to  the  Church  of  our  Lord  and  Redeemer,  Jesus  Christ. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

We  extend  to  the  Seminary,  in  its  Centennial  celebra- 
tion, our  good  wishes  for  continued  prosperity  and  our 
earnest  prayer  for  ever  enlarging  usefulness. 

Louis  G.  Colson,  Committee. 
Attest: 

Oliver  A.  Kingsbury,  Stated  Clerk. 

Clinton,  N.  Y.,  April  9th,  1912. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  WESTCHESTER 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of  Westchester,  held  in 
New  York,  January  16,  1912,  the  following  minute  was 
adopted : 

The  Presbytery  of  Westchester  notes  with  gratitude  to  God  the 
completion  of  one  hundred  years  of  service  rendered  by  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  Princeton,  N.  J.,  to  the  cause  of  Christ  in  Amer- 
ica, and  throughout  the  world. 

We  add  to  the  prayers  of  the  unnumbered  friends  of  Princeton 
our  prayers  that  an  ever  increasing  sphere  of  usefulness,  filled  with 
the  power  of  God,  may  be  granted  to  this  venerable  institution  of 
learning. 

Attest:  W.  J.  Cumming,  Stated  Clerk. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  WESTERN  AFRICA 

The  Presbytery  of  Western  Africa  acknowledges  with 
great  pleasure  the  announcement  received  from  Prince- 
ton Theological  Seminary  of  the  completion  of  its  one 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

hundredth  anniversary  of  service  to  the  Church;  and 
hereby  conveys  the  expressions  of  its  great  appreciation 
for  the  eminent  services  rendered  by  this  grand  Institu- 
tion, as  well  as  the  assurances  of  its  best  wishes  and  fer- 
vent prayers  for  many  more  years  of  usefulness  and 
prosperity. 

By  the  Presbytery, 

William  H.  Blaine,  Stated  Clerk. 

Monrovia,  Dec.  14,  1911. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  WEST  JERSEY 

The  Presbytery  of  West  Jersey  extends  to  the  Semi- 
nary at  Princeton  on  the  occasion  of  its  celebration  of  its 
first  century  of  service  to  the  Church,  its  heartiest  con- 
gratulations, with  gratitude  to  God  for  the  distinguished 
service  to  the  cause  of  Christ  and  to  the  purity  of  the 
faith  once  committed  to  the  Fathers,  which  has  been 
rendered  by  this  institution  of  our  Church,  and  with 
acknowledgment  of  the  incalculable  value  of  the  work 
accomplished  in  providing  for  the  Church  and  the  mis- 
sion-field a  mighty  band  of  ministers  and  missionaries 
grounded  in  the  truth. 

We  express  the  hope  for  the  continued  favor  and 
blessing  of  God,  and  our  prayer  that  the  Seminary  in  the 
coming  years  may  gain  larger  opportunities  and  accom- 
plishments for  the  Kingdom  of  our  Lord. 

Attest:  A.  P.  Botsfoed,  Stated  Clerk. 

Salem,  N.  J.,  April  16,  1912. 

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THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  WHITEWATER 

The  Presbytery  of  Whitewater  gratefully  acknow- 
ledges the  receipt  of  the  announcement  of  the  completion 
of  the  first  100  years  of  service  of  the  grand,  sturdy  and 
loyal  Seminary  at  Princeton,  and  officially  assures  the 
Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  good  wishes  and  prayers  of 
this  Presbytery. 

Thomas  Jackson  Graham,  Stated  Clerk. 

Ordered  by  motion  at  meeting  of  Presbytery- 
April  9, 1912,  at  Cambridge  City,  Indiana. 


THE  FIFTH  AVENUE  PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK 

To  the  Theological  Seminary  of  Princeton. 

In  view  of  the  celebration  by  the  Theological  Seminary 
at  Princeton  of  its  Centennial  Anniversary,  the  Session 
of  the  Fifth  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church  of  the  City  of 
New  York  desires  to  send  its  salutations  and  greetings 
to  the  Seminary. 

We  recall  the  intimate  relations  between  this  Church 
and  the  Theological  Seminary  of  Princeton  in  its  estab- 
lishment, and  during  the  whole  century  of  its  existence. 

As  early  as  1809  the  first  pastor  of  this  Church,  the 
Rev.  Dr.  John  Brodhead  Romeyn,  was  one  of  a  commit- 
tee appointed  by  the  General  Assembly,  to  which  was 
referred  an  overture  for  the  establishment  of  a  Theologi- 
cal School,  and  which  reported  three  plans,  which  were 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

referred  to  the  Presbyteries  for  their  opinion  and  report 
at  the  next  General  Assembly. 

On  the  replies  from  the  Presbyteries  the  General  As- 
sembly of  1810,  of  which  Dr.  Romeyn  was  Moderator, 
resolved  to  proceed  with  the  establishment  of  a  Semi- 
nary, and  appointed  a  committee,  of  which  he  was  one, 
to  prepare  a  plan  to  be  reported  to  the  next  General  As- 
sembly. He  was  also  appointed  to  solicit  donations  for 
the  establishment  and  support  of  such  Theological  Semi- 
nary. 

The  Committee  reported  a  plan  which  was  adopted  by 
the  General  Assembly  of  1811,  providing  for  the  choice 
by  the  General  Assembly  of  a  Board  of  Directors  con- 
sisting of  twenty-one  ministers  and  nine  ruling  elders, 
and  Divie  Bethune,  one  of  the  Elders  of  the  Church,  was 
appointed  upon  a  Committee  to  confer  with  the  Trustees 
of  the  College  of  New  Jersey  upon  the  establishment  of 
the  Seminary  at  Princeton. 

When  the  General  Assembly  organized  the  Seminary 
in  1812,  it  chose  Dr.  Romeyn  and  two  of  our  Elders,  Divie 
Bethune  and  Zechariah  Lewis,  among  its  first  Directors. 

Eight  of  the  nine  Pastors  of  this  Church  have  been 
among  the  Seminary  Directors,  and  two  of  our  Pastors 
have  come  to  our  Church  from  successful  Professorships 
in  the  Seminary.  During  the  whole  century  one  or  more 
of  our  Elders  have  been  Directors  of  the  Seminary,  and 
ever  since  1822,  when  its  Trustees  were  incorporated, 
one  or  more  of  the  members  of  our  Session  have  been 
among  its  Trustees. 

Members  of  our  Church  have  provided  large  endow- 
ments for  the  Seminary,  and  as  early  as  1810  a  Society 
was  formed  in  our  Church  to  provide  aid  and  comfort  for 
its  students. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Descendants  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Archibald  Alexander  to 
the  third  and  fourth  generation  have  been  members  of 
our  Church  and  congregation ;  of  whom  two  became  stu- 
dents of  the  Seminary  and  honored  and  useful  ministers 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

These  things  move  us  to  felicitate  the  officers  and 
Faculty  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  upon  the 
first  century  of  its  existence  and  fruitful  experience,  and 
to  hope  for  it  the  continuance  and  increase  of  the  favor 
and  blessing  of  Almighty  God,  which  has  always  crowned 
its  days  and  made  it  a  faithful  minister  to  the  Church  of 
Christ  in  its  onward  march  both  at  home  and  abroad. 
By  order  of  Session, 

S.  B.  Bkownell,  Clerk  of  Session. 
J.  H.  Jowett,  Moderator. 

New  York,  May  9,  1912. 


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RESPONSES  FROM  THE  BOARDS  OF  THE 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF  THE 

PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE  UNITED 

STATES  OF  AMERICA 


THE  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS 

It  gives  me  pleasure  to  inform  you  that  the  Board  of 
Home  Missions  cordially  accepts  the  invitation  of 
Princeton  Seminary  to  be  represented  at  the  approach- 
ing Centennial,  and  has  appointed  its  Secretary,  Rev. 
Charles  L.  Thompson,  D.D.,  to  that  duty. 

John  Dixon,  Clerk  of  the  Board. 

March  15,  1912. 


THE  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS 

I  acknowledge  herewith  the  receipt  of  the  invitation  of 
the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Seminary,  to 
the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  IT.  S.  A.,  to  be  represented  on  the  occasion 
of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  establishment 
of  the  Seminary  by  the  General  Assembly,  on  May  5-7, 
1912. 

Our  Board  has  duly  appointed  its  President,  the  Rev. 
George  Alexander,  D.D.,  47  University  Place,  N.  Y. 
City,  to  represent  them  on  that  occasion. 

Stanley  White,  Secretary. 

March  7,  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION 

The  invitation  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America, 
Princeton,  N.  J.,  to  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Educa- 
tion to  be  represented  by  a  delegate  upon  the  celebration 
of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  establishment 
of  the  Seminary  is  accepted,  and  the  Board  has  elected 
the  Reverend  Charles  Wadsworth,  Jr.,  D.D.,  as  such 
representative. 

I  write  this  for  the  Board,  in  the  absence  of  the  Cor- 
responding Secretary,  Dr.  Cochran. 

Richard  C.  Hughes,  Sec'y  for  University  Work. 

February  20,  1912. 

THE  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION  AND 
SABBATH-SCHOOL  WORK 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Publication  and  Sab- 
bath-School Work,  held  yesterday  afternoon,  I  pre- 
sented the  invitation  of  the  Theological  Seminary  at 
Princeton  requesting  the  Board  to  appoint  a  delegate 
who  would  represent  it  at  the  celebration  of  the  one  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  the  Seminary. 

The  Board  accepted  the  invitation,  and  elected  the 
Hon.  Robert  N.  Willson,  2226  Spruce  Street,  President 
of  our  Board,  as  its  delegate.  At  the  same  time,  it  elected 
the  Rev.  Louis  F.  Benson,  D.D.,  2014  Delancey  Street, 
to  be  the  alternative,  in  case  Judge  Willson  should  be 
unable  to  attend. 

With  best  wishes  for  the  success  of  the  coming  celebra- 

tlon'  Alexander  Henry,  Secretary. 

February  28th,  1912. 

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THE  BOARD  OF  THE  CHURCH 
ERECTION  FUND 

The  communication  of  the  Directors,  Trustees  and 
Faculty  of  the  Seminary,  inviting  the  Board  of  Church 
Erection  to  be  represented  on  the  occasion  of  the  Semi- 
nary's One  Hundredth  Anniversary,  was  received  by  the 
Board  at  its  monthly  meeting  yesterday. 

I  am  instructed  to  return  the  thanks  of  the  Board  for 
this  invitation,  and  to  inform  you  that  the  Hon.  Fred- 
erick Gordon  Burnham,  President  of  our  Board,  whose 
address  is  Morristown,  N.  J.,  was  elected  as  the  Board's 

representative. 

D.  J.  McMillan,  Cor.  Sec'y. 

Feb.  21,  1912. 


THE  BOARD  OF  RELIEF  FOR 
DISABLED  MINISTERS  AND  THE  WIDOWS 
AND  ORPHANS  OF  DECEASED  MINISTERS 

The  Presbyterian  Board  of  Relief  for  Disabled  Min- 
isters at  its  regular  meeting  May  2nd,  1912,  appointed 
the  following  members  of  the  Board  as  its  representa- 
tives at  the  Centennial  Celebration  of  Princeton  Theo- 
logical Seminary : 

Rev.  S.  T.  Lowrie,  D.D.,  H.  S.  P.  Nichols,  Esq., 
Rev.  Marcus  A.  Brownson,  D.D.,  and  Rev.  William  W. 
Heberton,  D.D. 

W.  W.  Heberton,  Rec.  Secy. 

May  3rd,  1912. 

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RESPONSES  FROM  OTHER 
ECCLESIASTICAL  BODIES 


THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF  THE  CHURCH 
OF  SCOTLAND 

To  the  President,  Board  of  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the 
Theological  Seminary,  Princeton,  N.  J.,  U.  S.  A. 

The  General  Assembly  of  the  Church  of  Scotland, 
having  been  informed  by  Principal  Stewart  of  the  com- 
munication which  he  had  received  from  the  Seminary 
intimating  that  the  Seminary  was  to  celebrate  the  first 
hundredth  anniversary  of  its  foundation  in  the  begin- 
ning of  the  present  month,  and  inviting  this  Church  to  be 
represented  on  the  occasion,  desires  to  acknowledge  the 
kind  intimation  and  invitation  extended  to  it.  Unfortu- 
nately no  meeting  of  the  Assembly,  or  of  its  Commis- 
sion, took  place  between  the  receipt  of  the  intimation, 
and  the  present  meeting  of  Assembly.  The  Assembly 
has  heard  with  pleasure  the  Report  of  Principal  Stewart 
as  to  his  visit  to  the  Celebration  at  Princeton,  and  cor- 
dially endorses  the  kindly  greetings  which  he  gave  in  the 
name  of  the  Church  to  the  Members  of  the  Seminary. 
The  Assembly  recalls  with  deep  interest  the  remarkable 
history  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  and  desires 
to  express  its  earnest  hope  that  the  work  of  the  Seminary 
may  be  long  continued,  that  it  may  have  much  prosperity 
and  that  the  blessing  of  God  may  rest  upon  it. 

In  the  name  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Church  of 
Scotland, 

S.  Marcus  Dill,  D.D.,  Moderator. 

Edinburgh,  May  29th,  1912. 

C91H 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF  THE  UNITED 
FREE  CHURCH  OF  SCOTLAND 

To  the  Members  of  the  Faculty  and  Governing  Board  of 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary. 

We,  the  Members  of  the  Commission  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  United  Free  Church  of  Scotland,  offer 
you  our  cordial  congratulations  upon  the  centenary  of 
your  Seminary. 

Your  School  of  Divinity  has  been  greatly  esteemed  in 
our  land,  especially  in  the  churches  which  now  form  the 
United  Free  Church  of  Scotland.  In  former  days,  you 
were  in  fraternal  alliance  with  those  who  formed  the 
United  Presbyterian  Church,  and  in  1843  those  who 
severed  their  connection  with  the  State  to  form  the  Free 
Church  of  Scotland  found  in  Princeton  generous  and 
helpful  friends.  We  are  united  today  in  gratefully 
acknowledging  our  indebtedness  to  the  eminent  Prince- 
ton Theologians  of  last  century,  and  gladly  embrace  the 
opportunity  of  joining  with  you  in  honouring  the  men 
who,  by  their  piety  and  their  learning,  have  made 
Princeton  famous  throughout  Christendom. 

Your  Church  and  ours  have  the  same  parentage,  they 
have  been  nourished  by  the  same  doctrine,  they  equally 
prize  the  Spiritual  Independence  of  Christ's  Church, 
they  have  the  same  evangelical  traditions,  and  the  same 
conceptions  of  their  mission  at  home  and  abroad. 

Recognising  that  you  are  richly  endowed  with  in- 
spiring associations,  we  pray  God  that  your  School  of 
the  Prophets  may  continue  to  be  the  Alma  Mater  to  an 
increasing  band  of  consecrated  and  well  instructed  stu- 

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dents,  who  will  prove  the  devoted  heralds  of  Jesus  Christ 
in  their  native  land  and  throughout  the  world. 

Signed  in  name  of  the  Commission  of  Assembly  of  the 
United  Free  Church  of  Scotland, 

James  Wells,  D.D.,  Moderator. 


THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF  THE  FREE 
CHURCH  OF  SCOTLAND 

[seal] 

The  Moderator  of  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland  most 
cordially  thanks  the  Faculty  of  the  Princeton  Theolog- 
ical Seminary  for  the  honour  done  to  the  Free  Church  in 
sending  their  kind  invitation  to  take  part  in  the  celebra- 
tion of  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  Founding 
of  their  Seminary;  herewith  most  gratefully  recalling 
the  help  and  encouragement  so  generously  rendered  by 
the  Princeton  Seminary  to  our  Church  in  her  arduous 
contendings  for  her  spiritual  independence  during  the 
Ten  Years '  Conflict. 

The  Free  Church  of  Scotland  most  warmly  congratu- 
lates the  Presbyterian  Church  of  the  United  States  on 
the  possession  of  its  noble  Theological  Seminary  at 
Princeton;  venerable  even  in  the  earlier  stadia  of  its 
career  by  association  with  the  memory  and  achievement 
of  such  great  men  as  Jonathan  Dickinson,  Jonathan 
Edwards,  Samuel  Davies,  Gilbert  Tennent,  John  With- 
erspoon,  and  Ashbel  Green ;  whilst  in  these  latter  days  it 
has  attained  world-wide  renown  by  the  massive  learning 
of   such  illustrious   divines   as   Archibald   Alexander, 

[93] 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Samuel  Miller,  Charles  Hodge,  Addison  Alexander, 
William  Henry  Green,  and  Archibald  Alexander  Hodge. 
The  preservation  of  this  glorious  heritage  from  the  past, 
in  combination  with  a  singular  capacity  to  meet  the  ex- 
acting requirements  of  the  present,  evokes  our  liveliest 
admiration. 

The  Free  Church  of  Scotland  also  offers  its  heartiest 
felicitations  to  the  Princeton  Seminary  on  its  most  effi- 
cient defence  of  the  Scriptures  of  the  Old  and  New 
Testament  against  the  attacks  of  Modern  Rationalism; 
meeting  rash  assertion  by  reasoned  argument,  crude 
speculation  by  exact  scholarship,  bold  sophistry  by  calm 
demonstration ;  thus  exhibiting  the  Higher  Criticism  as 
essentially  a  pretentious  dogmatism  of  negation  and 
omniscience.  The  great  success  which  has  ever  at- 
tended the  Princeton  Seminary  in  the  rearing  of  a 
learned  and  godly  Ministry,  renowned  at  home,  revered 
abroad,  likewise  wins  our  sincerest  regard.  We  earnestly 
pray  that  the  Divine  blessing  may  still  rest  upon  the 
manifold  labours  of  its  eminent  Professors  and  the 
varied  studies  of  its  numerous  Alumni,  so  that  in  ever- 
increasing  degree,  it  may  be  as  "a  fountain  of  gardens, 
a  well  of  living  waters,  and  streams  from  Lebanon." 

Signed  in  the  name  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Free  Church  of  Scotland, 

Wm.  Menzies  Alexander,  Moderator, 
M.A.,  B.Sc,  M.D.,  B.D.  (Glasgow  University). 

Assembly  Hall,  Edinburgh, 
11th  March,  1912. 


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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  SYNOD  OF  THE  FREE  PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH  OF  SCOTLAND 

The  Synod  of  the  Free  Presbyterian  Church  of  Scot- 
land beg  to  thank  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  at 
Princeton,  New  Jersey,  for  their  courtesy  in  inviting 
the  Rev.  Duncan  Mackenzie,  Moderator  of  this  Synod, 
to  be  present  at  the  celebration  of  the  One  Hundredth 
Anniversary  of  the  Founding  of  the  Seminary,  on  the 
fifth,  sixth,  and  seventh  days  of  May  of  this  year. 

The  Synod  would  take  this  opportunity  of  congratu- 
lating your  Seminary  on  the  completion  of  one  hundred 
years  of  useful  work.  They  rejoice  to  think  that  al- 
though the  beginnings  of  your  Institution  were  small  in 
point  of  numbers,  there  is,  at  the  present  date,  scarcely  a 
better  equipped  Theological  Faculty  in  the  world  than 
Princeton.  The  Synod  bless  the  name  of  Christ,  the 
adorable  Head,  that,  for  the  edification  of  His  Church 
at  large,  He  has  bestowed  upon  your  Seminary  during 
the  whole  course  of  its  history  such  remarkable  and 
gracious  gifts.  Your  leading  men  have  been  examples 
of  profound  piety  as  well  as  indefatigable  labours.  From 
your  Seminary  has  issued  the  noblest  defence  of  the 
Calvinistic  System  of  Theology  which  the  world  has  seen 
within  the  period  of  your  existence  as  a  Faculty.  The 
ablest  vindication  of  the  Oracles  of  God,  as  against  the 
adverse  criticism  of  the  so-called  Higher  Critics,  has  been 
rendered  by  Princeton  Professors.  What  noble  mem- 
ories cluster  around  the  names  of  Dr.  Archibald  Alex- 
ander, Dr.  Joseph  Addison  Alexander,  Dr.  Charles 
Hodge,  Dr.  William  Henry  Green  in  the  several  respects 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

which  have  been  named  of  gracious  character  and  faith- 
ful work  for  Christ !  The  Synod  rejoice  to  think  that  the 
existing  Faculty  of  Theological  Professors  at  Princeton 
is  true  to  Princeton's  past  history,  and  that,  without  dis- 
simulation, it  may  be  said  in  gifts  and  graces  you  fall 
little  short  of  your  distinguished  predecessors. 

The  Synod  pray  that  the  adorable  Head  of  the  Church 
may  pour  the  benign  influences  of  His  Spirit  more  and 
more  abundantly  upon  you,  that  in  the  future,  as  in  the 
past,  you  may  witness  a  good  confession  for  God  and 
His  Word,  and  that  when,  God  willing,  Princeton  shall 
hold  its  bi-centenary,  the  men  of  that  future  period  may 
think  as  kindly  of  the  men  of  1912  as  you  now  think  of 
Dr.  Archibald  Alexander. 

As  the  Moderator  is  unavoidably  prevented  from  at- 
tending your  celebrations,  the  Synod  send  these  greet- 
ings by  the  hand  of  the  Rev.  John  R.  Mackay,  M.A.,  one 
of  their  members,  and  a  Teacher  in  Theology. 

Signed  in  name  and  on  behalf  of  the  Synod  of  the  Free 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Scotland, 

Duncan  Mackenzie,  Moderator, 
James  Steven  Sinclair,  Clerk. 

April,  1912. 


THE  SYNOD  OF  THE  PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH  OF  ENGLAND 

[telegram] 

On  motion  of  Rev.  Dr.  Thornton,  retiring  Moderator, 
"The  Synod  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  England, 
assembled  in  London,  sends  hearty  greetings  and  con- 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

gratulations  to  Princeton  Seminary,  on  attaining  its 
100th  Anniversary,  and  prays  that  God  may  make  the 
Institution  a  continued  blessing  to  the  Church  of  Christ 
in  America,  and  throughout  the  world." 

David  Fotheringham,  J.  P.,  Moderator, 
Wm.  Lewis  Robertson,  M.  A.,  Clerk. 

May  7th,  1912. 


THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF  THE  PRES- 
BYTERIAN CHURCH  IN  IRELAND 

[seal] 

The  Presbyterian  Church  in  Ireland  to  the  Rev.  Francis 
L.  Patton,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President  of  the  Theological 
Seminary,  Princeton,  N.  J.,  U.  S.  A. 

Reverend  and  Dear  Sir, 

On  the  evening  of  3rd  June,  at  the  inaugural  meeting 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  1912,  in  the  Assembly  Hall, 
Belfast,  the  Moderator  reported  that  in  accordance  with 
an  invitation  very  kindly  extended  to  him  by  the  Faculty 
and  Trustees  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  he 
had  attended  and  taken  part  in  the  Centennial  Celebra- 
tions held  at  Princeton  on  5th,  6th,  and  7th  May. 

"It  was  unanimously  agreed  that  a  message— signed 
by  the  Moderator  and  Clerk— be  sent  to  the  President  of 
the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  conveying  the  fe- 
licitations of  the  General  Assembly  in  connection  with 
the  Centenary  of  the  famous  seat  of  sacred  learning  over 
which  he  presided,  and  its  extreme  gratification  that  the 

[97] 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Moderator  had  been  able  to  attend  and  take  part  in  the 
most  impressive  and  successful  Centennial  Celebrations 
of  last  month. " 

We  have  therefore  unusual  pleasure  in  forwarding  to 
you  the  foregoing  minute  from  the  records  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly ;  and  in  re-echoing  the  sentiments  already 
expressed  in  person  by  the  Moderator. 

With  best  wishes  for  the  continued  and  growing  suc- 
cess of  the  Theological  Seminary,  which  is  so  dear  to  our 
Church ;  and  for  the  prosperity  of  the  Church  you  chiefly 
and  so  conspicuously  serve, 

We  remain,  Reverend  and  Dear  Sir, 

faithfully  and  fraternally, 

John  Macmellan,  Moderator, 

3rd  June,  1912.  Wm'  JaMES  LoWE>  Clerk' 


THE  SYNOD  OF  BALLYMENA  AND  COLERAINE 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Synod  of  Ballymena  and 
Coleraine,  held  on  the  23rd  of  April,  1912,  it  was  moved, 
seconded  and  unanimously  agreed  to,  "That  the  Rev. 
David  Russell  Mitchell,  of  Broughshane,  be  appointed  a 
deputy  from  this  Synod,  to  attend  the  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  and  to 
convey  the  cordial  good  wishes  of  the  members  of  this 
Synod  for  the  future  prosperity  of  the  Institution. ' ' 

Extracted  from  the  Minutes  of  the  Synod  this  23rd  day 
of  April,  1912,  and  signed, 

Charles  W.  Hunter,  M.A.,  Moderator, 
James  B.  Armour,  M.A.,  Clerk. 

C98H 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  DIOCESE  OF  NEW  JERSEY  OF  THE 
PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 

[telegram] 

The  diocese  of  New  Jersey  sends  its  greetings  to  the 
Princeton  Seminary  on  the  celebration  of  its  100th  anni- 
versary with  a  prayer  for  God's  blessing  upon  the  future 
life  and  work  of  the  Seminary. 

Howard  E.  Thompson,  Secretary. 

Mt.  Holly,  N.  J.,  May  7,  1912. 


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RESPONSES  FROM  THE 
PRESIDING  OFFICERS  OF  CHURCHES 


MODERATOR  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 
OF  THE  CHURCH  OF  SCOTLAND 

Principal  Stewart  has  much  pleasure  in  accepting  the 
invitation  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America  at 
Princeton,  New  Jersey,  to  be  present  at  the  Celebration 
of  the  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  Foundation  of  the 
Seminary  on  5th  to  7th  May  next. 

St.  Mary 's  College,  St.  Andrews,  Scotland. 
28th  February,  1912. 


MODERATOR  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 

OF  THE  UNITED  FREE  CHURCH 

OF  SCOTLAND 

Dr.  Wells  has  special  pleasure  in  accepting  the  kind 
invitation  to  the  celebration  of  the  One  Hundredth  An- 
niversary of  the  founding  of  the  Princeton  Seminary  on 
the  5th,  6th  and  7th  of  May  1912. 

42  Aytoun  Road,  Pollokshields,  Glasgow, 
February,  26,  1912. 


[103] 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

MODERATOR  DESIGNATE  OF  THE 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF  THE  UNITED  FREE 

CHURCH  OF  SCOTLAND 

Will  you  please  to  convey  to  the  Senatus  of  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  Princeton  my  sincere  thanks  for 
their  kind  invitation  to  the  Hundredth  Anniversary  of 
the  Founding  of  their  distinguished  Seminary  % 

It  would  have  afforded  me  the  greatest  pleasure  had  I 
been  able  to  accept  the  invitation  so  generously  extended 
to  me,  as  I  have  for  more  than  half  a  century  been  ac- 
quainted with  the  fame  of  Princeton ;  but  my  prospective 
election  in  May  to  the  Moderatorship  of  the  United  Free 
Church  of  Scotland  renders  it  undesirable  that  I  should 
undertake  a  trip  to  America  so  near  the  day  of  opening 
the  Assembly. 

I  recently  attended  the  50th  Anniversary  of  the 
Founding  of  St.  Andrews  University,  my  Alma  Mater, 
which  was  a  splendid  success ;  and  I  hope  a  like  success 
will  wait  on  your  celebrations. 

During  the  past  century,  Princeton  has  rendered  in- 
valuable service  to  Evangelical  Theology;  may  her  fu- 
ture be  even  more  glorious  than  her  past,  and  may  she 
never  want  gifted  sons  who  will  publish  and  uphold  the 
cause  of  Truth—the  Gospel  of  the  Glory  of  the  Blessed 
God. 

With  every  good  wish  and  earnest  prayer  for  the  pros- 
perity of  Princeton, 

I  am, 

Yours  sincerely, 

Thomas  Whitelaw. 

Kilmarnock,  1  March,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

MODERATOR  OF   THE   GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 
OF  THE  FREE  CHURCH  OF  SCOTLAND 

Your  kind  invitation  has  just  reached  me  this  after- 
noon and  for  it  I  thank  you  most  warmly.  I  regret 
exceedingly  that  duties  here  in  connection  with  the  open- 
ing of  our  General  Assembly  on  21st  May  deprive  me  of 
the  great  honour  and  pleasure  of  being  among  your 
guests  on  this  historic  occasion.  The  Address  from  our 
Church  will  be  presented  by  Principal  M'Culloch  who 
represents  our  College.  We  pray  that  every  felicity  and 
blessing  may  attend  this  august  Centennial  Celebration 
of  your  world-renowned  Seminary. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be 

Yours  most  sincerely, 

Wm.  Menzies  Alexander. 

Free  Church  College,  The  Mound,  Edinburgh,  27  April,  1912. 


MODERATOR  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 

FREE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 

OF  SCOTLAND 

I  regret  that,  on  account  of  the  state  of  my  health,  I 
shall  not  be  able  to  attend,  on  the  5th,  6th  and  7th  May 
next,  the  100th  anniversary  of  the  Founding  of  Prince- 
ton Theological  Seminary. 

I  trust  you  will  be  favoured  with  much  blessing  from 
on  high  in  connection  with  the  services,  and  that  Prince- 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

ton  Theological  Seminary  will  always  remain  faithful  in 
all  things  to  the  glorious  Head  of  the  Church,  and  that, 
at  all  times,  it  will  be  wealthy  in  sending  forth  able  men 
endued  with  power  from  on  high  to  declare  the  whole 
counsel  of  God. 

I  shall  ask  the  Canadian  or  Colonial  Committee  if 
they  will  send  a  representative. 

Again  wishing  you  the  blessing  of  the  Most  High,  I 
remain,  Reyd  Dear  gir^ 


Strathearn  House,  Crieff,  N.  B. 
13  March,  1912. 


Yours  sincerely, 

Duncan  Mackenzie. 


MODERATOR  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 

REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  OF 

SCOTLAND 

I  have  to  acknowledge  with  much  heartiness  and  ap- 
preciation the  most  kind  invitation  I  have  received  at 
your  hands  to  the  Centennial  of  the  Princeton  Seminary. 

It  would  have  been  to  me  an  unqualified  pleasure  had 
I  been  able  to  accept  and  be  present  on  such  an  auspi- 
cious occasion. 

The  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  has  a  name  of 
rich  savor  and  high  honor  in  the  Church  of  which  I  am  a 
humble  minister,  and  it  would  have  been  not  only  a  great 
pleasure  to  myself,  but  an  expression  of  our  united 
veneration  and  esteem,  had  I  been  able  to  be  present. 
I  am  sorry  indeed,  that  I  am  not  able  to  cross  the  Atlan- 
tic at  this  time. 

nioe^ 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Speaking  for  myself  and  my  brethren  I  send  you  our 
cordial  greetings  and  earnest  wishes  for  abounding  use- 
fulness and  prosperity. 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

John  McDonald. 

R.  P.  Manse,  Airdrie,  4  March,  1912. 


MODERATOR  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE, 
UNITED  ORIGINAL  SECEDERS 

As  I  have  just  returned  to  India  after  furlough,  I  re- 
gret that  I  cannot  accept  your  kind  invitation  to  be 
present  at  the  celebration  of  the  One  Hundredth  Anni- 
versary of  the  founding  of  the  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary. 

Though  unable  to  be  present  you  may  be  assured  of  my 
best  wishes  for  the  occasion. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

John  McNeel. 

Seoni  Chhapara,  C.  P.,  India, 
21  March,  1912. 


MODERATOR  OF  THE  REFORMED 
PRESBYTERIAN  SYNOD  IN  IRELAND 

I  regret  it  will  not  be  possible  for  me  to  be  present  at 
the  celebration  of  the  100th  Anniversary  of  the  founding 
of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary. 

It  has  never  been  my  privilege,  either  as  a  student  of 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Theology  or  as  a  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  to  visit  the  Col- 
lege. But  for  a  long  time,  I  have  known  some  of  the 
Theological  Professors  by  their  writings,  which  I  greatly 
admire,  and  from  the  study  of  which  I  have,  I  think, 
derived  much  profit. 

My  prayer  is  that  God  may  use  the  Princeton  Theo- 
logical Seminary  even  more  in  the  future  than  in  the 
past,  for  the  maintenance  and  defence  of  His  truth,  and 
for  the  extension  of  His  Kingdom  in  the  world. 

'  Sincerely  yours, 

_  ...      .„  „        T . ,  S.  R.  McNeilly. 

Baihesmills  Manse,  Lis  burn, 
30  April,  1912. 


MODERATOR  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 
PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  OF  ENGLAND 

I  greatly  appreciate  the  honor  done  me  in  giving  me 
an  invitation  to  attend  your  Centennial  Celebration  on 
5th,  6th  and  7th  of  May  next. 

As  our  English  Presbyterian  Synod  will  be  in  session 
in  London  at  that  time,  I  cannot,  as  its  retiring  Modera- 
tor, be  absent.  But  I  would  like  to  propose  that  the 
Synod  send  you  a  cablegram  of  congratulation. 

I  am  proud  to  think  that  my  late  father  (Rev.  R.  Hill 
Thornton) ,  of  Oshawa,  Ont.,  Canada,  had  the  honorary 
degree  of  D.D.  from  your  distinguished  seat  of  learning. 
I  also  rejoice  to  think  that  my  old  fellow  student,  Francis 
L.  Patton,  D.D.,  is  still  with  you. 

R.  M.  Thornton. 

18,  Hilldrop  Road,  Camden  Road,  N.,  London, 
3  March,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

MODERATOR  FOR  1901  OF  THE  GENERAL 

ASSEMBLY  OF  THE  WELSH 

CALVINISTIC  METHODIST 

CONNECTION 

I  thank  you  very  much  for  your  kind  invitation  to  be 
present  in  the  Centenary  Celebration  of  the  Princeton 
Seminary.  But  my  departure  from  Liverpool  is  fixed  for 
May  7th,  and  therefore  too  late  for  me  to  attend  any  of 
the  Centenary  meetings.  I  regret  it  very  much,  for  noth- 
ing would  afford  me  more  genuine  pleasure  than  to  see 
and  hear  your  eminent  men  on  so  important  an  occasion. 
The  names  of  your  professors,  past  and  present,  are  well 
known  to  me,  and  the  Princeton  Review  comes  regularly 
to  my  home.  All  this  makes  me  sincerely  regret  my  in- 
ability to  accept  your  kind  invitation. 

With  fraternal  regards, 

Yours  faithfully, 

J.  Cynddylan  Jones. 

Whitechurch,  Cardiff,  March  21st,  1912. 


MODERATOR  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 
OF  THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  CANADA 

Your  kind  invitation  to  be  present  at  the  celebration 
of  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  Theological 
Seminary  has  been  received.  It  is  an  invitation  of 
peculiar  interest  and  I  am  hoping  to  make  it  possible  to 
be  with  you.  The  Presbyterian  Church  in  Canada  owes 
much  to  Princeton.  Many  of  our  ministers  received  their 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

theological  training  there,  and  we  are  now  reaping  the 
benefits  of  the  type  of  theology  and  spiritual  inspiration 
received  there.  I  trust  that  all  things  will  conspire  to 
make  it  an  occasion  not  only  of  much  interest,  but  of 
special  helpfulness  as  you  enter  upon  a  new  century  of 
your  history. 

am'  Yours  sincerely, 

E.  P.  Mackay. 

Toronto,  February  27th,  1912. 


MODERATOR  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 
OF  THE  REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 

An  invitation  to  attend  the  One  Hundredth  Anniver- 
sary of  the  Founding  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  on  May 
fifth  to  the  seventh,  reached  me  some  time  ago. 

I  have  delayed  replying  in  the  hope  of  arranging  my 
work  so  that  I  could  attend ;  but  in  this  my  efforts  have 
failed. 

I  must  therefore  deny  myself  a  very  enjoyable  and 
profitable  event,  and  thankfully  decline  your  honoring 
invitation. 

Congratulating  you  on  what  the  Seminary  has  done 
during  the  first  century  of  its  existence,  and  praying  that 
it  may  continue  the  good  work  until  schools  of  the  proph- 
ets are  needed  no  more, 

I    21  Til 

Yours  in  sincerity, 

Samuel  G.  Shaw. 

West  Hebron,  N.  Y.,  March  29,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

PRESIDENT  OF  THE  GENERAL  SYNOD  OF 

THE  REFORMED  CHURCH  IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES 

Many  thanks  for  your  kind  invitation  to  the  Centen- 
nial of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  I  hope  to  be 
present  on  Monday  and  Tuesday. 

Yours'  James  I.  Good. 

Philadelphia,  March  9th,  1912. 


PRESIDENT  OF  THE 
NORTHERN  BAPTIST  CONVENTION 

I  was  very  much  interested  in  receiving  the  announce- 
ment of  the  Centennial  Anniversary  of  the  Princeton 
Seminary.     I  regret  it  will  not  be  possible  for  me  to 

attend.  ^T  ,     1 

Yours  very  truly, 

Emory  W.  Hunt. 

April  13, 1912,  Granville,  Ohio. 


MODERATOR  OF  THE  NATIONAL  COUNCIL 
OF  CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCHES 

It  will  be  a  great  pleasure  to  accept  the  appreciated 
honor  of  the  invitation  to  the  Centennial  Celebration  of 
Princeton  Seminary,  May  5-7th. 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  March  28, 1912.        NEHEMIAH  BoYNTON. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

PRESIDING  BISHOP  OF  THE  PROTESTANT 

EPISCOPAL  CHURCH  IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES 

I  beg  to  return  my  warm  thanks  for  your  courteous 
kindness  in  sending  me  an  invitation  to  be  present  at  the 
Centennial  Anniversary  of  the  founding  of  your  Semi- 
nary. 

I  heartily  wish  I  could  come,  but  engagements  of  offi- 
cial duty  will  keep  me  here. 

May  I  send  to  your  Seminary  my  cordial  congratula- 
tions upon  reaching  so  great  an  age  of  dignity,  and  my 
earnest  good  wishes  for  years  yet  to  come  of  prosperity 
and  usefulness  in  your  great  work  ? 

Faithfully  and  gratefully, 

Your  brother, 


The  Bishop 's  House,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
March  1,  1912. 


Daniel  G.  Tuttle, 
Bishop  of  Missouri. 


PRESIDENT  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL  OF 
THE  REFORMED  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 

I  greatly  appreciate  the  honor  of  the  invitation  to  be 
present  at  the  celebration  of  the  One  Hundredth  Anni- 
versary of  the  founding  of  the  Seminary  at  Princeton, 
on  Sunday,  Monday  and  Tuesday,  May  5th,  6th  and  7th. 
It  would  give  me  very  great  pleasure  indeed,  to  accept 
the  invitation,  but  unfortunately  the  pressure  of  my 
many  duties  will  prevent  my  attendance. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

We  all  honor  Princeton  Seminary,  and  the  noble  men 
who  have  been  identified  with  it. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

Samuel  Fallows. 

Baltimore,  Md.,  March  4,  1912. 


PRESIDENT  OF  THE  GENERAL  SYNOD  OF 

THE  EVANGELICAL  LUTHERAN  CHURCH 

IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 

I  will,  if  possible,  be  present  at  the  Centenary  of  the 
Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton,  May  5-7,  to  which 
you  so  kindly  invite  me. 

Sincerely  yours, 

Junius  B.  Remensnyder. 

New  York,  N.  Y.,  March  8,  1912. 


PRESIDENT  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL  OF 

THE  EVANGELICAL  LUTHERAN  CHURCH 

IN  NORTH  AMERICA 

To  my  regret,  it  will  not  be  possible  for  me  to  attend 
the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  Founding  of  the 
Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  at  Princeton. 

With  hearty  congratulations  on  the  attainment  of  your 

centennial,  Believe  me  to  be, 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

Theodore  E.  Schmauck. 

Lebanon,  Pennsylvania,  March  5,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

PRESIDENT  OF  THE  EVANGELICAL 
LUTHERAN  SYNOD  OF  NORTH  AMERICA 

Habe  die  freundliche  Einladung,  an  der  hundertjahri- 
gen  Feier  des  theologischen  Seminars  Ihrer  Kirche  im 
Mai  d.  J.  teilnehmen  zu  wollen,  erhalten.  Indem  ich 
Ilinen  fiir  diese  Einladung  meinen  herzlichen  Dank  aus- 
spreche,  muss  ich  Ihnen  mitteilen,  dass  ich  dieser  Ein- 
ladung nicht  Folge  leisten  kann.  Ich  stehe  jetzt  im  88ten 
Lebensjahr  und  kann  eine  so  weite  Reise  nach  New  Jer- 
sey nicht  mehr  unternehmen. 

Ich  wunsche  Ihnen  aber  zu  Ihrer  Jubelf  eier  des  Herrn 
reichsten  Segen.  Moge  er  sich  auch  in  Zukunft  zu  die- 
ser Ihrer  Anstalt  mit  seiner  Gnade  bekennen,  wie  er  es 
bisher  gethan  hat. 

Mit  f reundlichem  Gruss 

Ihr 

Johannes  Bading. 

Milwaukee,  Wis.,  March  11,  1912. 


PRESIDENT  OF  THE  GERMAN  EVANGELICAL 
SYNOD  OF  NORTH  AMERICA 

It  is  with  profound  gratitude  that  I  acknowledge  your 
kind  and  considerate  invitation,  to  attend  the  Centen- 
nial of  Theological  Seminary,  Princeton,  N.  J.  The  oc- 
casion truly  is  one  at  which  representatives  of  all  the 
branches  of  Christ's  Church  should  gather  to  enunciate 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

their  warmest  felicitations,  to  join  in  the  praise  of  our 
God  and  Father,  who,  by  His  Blessings  and  Grace, 
has  made  Princeton  historic,  and  to  unite  all  prayers  for 
that  one  great  purpose,  that  the  Kingdom  of  our  Lord 
may  be  still  more  intensely  furthered  as  Princeton  enters 
upon  the  threshold  of  a  new  era,  and  that  the  future  re- 
sults of  Princeton  may  be  even  greater  than  the  past. 

Indeed  I  am  sorry  that,  when  the  gates  of  Princeton 
shall  be  opened  to  the  festive  throngs,  I  will  be  at  my 
annual  tours,  visiting  the  nineteen  District  Conferences 
of  the  German  Evangelical  Synod  of  North  America. 
The  attendance  upon  these  Conferences  is  simply  obliga- 
tory. 

But  for  the  reason  above  stated,  I  desire  the  presence 
of  a  Representative  of  our  Synod  at  your  celebration. 
Therefore,  I  beg  to  be  permitted  to  send  an  able  substi- 
tute, namely,  Rev.  T.  F.  Bode,  of  St.  Peter's  Evangelical 
Church,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  wishing  to  be  shown  to  him  all 
courtesies  you  would  show  me. 

May  the  Triune  God  enrich  you,  and  the  celebrated 
Institution  of  Spiritual  Science,  by  the  manifold  mani- 
festation of  His  Holy  Spirit. 

With  fraternal  greetings  in  the  love  of  Christ, 

I  am, 


Yours, 
Jacob  Pister. 


Cincinnati,  0.,  April  6th,  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

SECRETARY  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  BISHOPS 

OF  THE  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL 

CHURCH 

I  am  in  receipt  of  your  very  kind  invitation  to  the 
celebration  of  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the 
Founding  of  the  Seminary  on  May  fifth,  sixth  and  sev- 
enth, and  greatly  appreciate  your  courtesy.  It  would 
give  me  great  pleasure  to  be  present,  but  for  the  fact 
that  the  General  Conference  of  our  Church  will,  at  that 
time,  be  in  session  in  the  City  of  Minneapolis,  and  it  is 
expected  that  all  our  Bishops  be  in  attendance. 

I  rejoice  in  the  work  which  your  Theological  Seminary 
has  accomplished  during  the  past  century,  and  pray  that 
during  the  years  to  come,  it  may  continue  to  send  forth 
into  all  the  fields,  at  home  and  abroad,  those  who  shall 
defend  the  faith  and  publish  to  the  world  the  Gospel  of 
our  Lord  and  Master. 

Regretting  that  I  cannot  be  with  you,  but  trusting  that 
the  occasion  may  be  one  of  pleasure  and  inspiration, 

■*■  am>  Very  truly  yours, 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  10th,  1912.  L-  B.  WlLSON. 

SENIOR  BISHOP  OF  THE 
METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH,  SOUTH 

The  Reverend  Bishop  Alpheus  W.  Wilson  regrets  that 
his  May  engagements  prevent  his  presence  at  the  One 
Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  Founding  of  Princeton. 
It  would  have  given  him  pleasure  to  attend,  if  it  had  been 
possible. 

Baltimore,  Md. 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

CHAIRMAN  OF  THE  CHRISTIAN  UNION  COM- 
MISSION OF  THE  DISCIPLES  OF  CHRIST 

I  am  honored  with  an  invitation  to  the  one  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  Theological  Seminary,  at  Princeton, 
and  if  possible,  I  shall  be  glad  to  accept  the  courtesy  of 
your  invitation.  I  have  an  important  engagement  at  the 
University  of  Illinois  the  last  of  April,  and  at  this  writ- 
ing, the  exact  date  has  not  been  settled.  I  hope  if  my 
April  engagements  run  over  into  May,  it  will  not  be 
more  than  a  day  or  two,  so  that  I  can  be  with  you  cer- 
tainly on  Monday  or  Tuesday,  or  may  be  both  days. 

I  await  your  further  advice. 

Your  servant  in  Jesus  Christ, 

Baltimore,  Md.,  March  1,  1912.  PETER  AlNSLIE. 

PRESIDENT  OF  THE  GENERAL  CONFERENCE 

OF  THE  MENNONITE  CHURCH  OF 

NORTH  AMERICA 

I  gratefully  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  kind  in- 
vitation to  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the 
Founding  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  your  Church, 
and  it  would,  indeed,  be  a  great  pleasure  to  me  to  share 
with  you  and  many  others  the  blessings  of  this  impor- 
tant occasion  if  circumstances  did  not  prevent  me  from 
it.  With  my  thoughts  and  prayers,  I  shall  be  one  of 
your  guests  though,  and  I  hope  that  the  school  will,  under 
God's  guidance  and  protection,  prosper  in  the  future  as 
in  the  past. 

With  congratulations  and  best  wishes, 
Yours  fraternally, 

Hillsboro,  Kan.,  March  25,  1912.  H.  D.  PENNER. 

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RESPONSES  FROM 
FOREIGN  DIVINITY  FACULTIES 


THE  FACULTY  OF  DIVINITY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  EDINBURGH,  SCOTLAND 

To  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary. 

The  members  of  the  Faculty  of  Divinity  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Edinburgh  desire  to  send  their  most  cordial 
greetings  to  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  on  the 
celebration  of  the  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  its  estab- 
lishment by  the  General  Assembly.  They  rejoice  at  the 
brilliant  services  which  all  during  its  history  it  has  ren- 
dered in  defence  of  the  faith  "once  for  all  delivered 
to  the  saints,"  at  the  eminent  names  with  which  that  his- 
tory has  been  associated,  at  the  lofty  academic  ideals 
which  it  has  maintained,  at  the  splendid  equipment  which 
it  possesses  for  the  training  of  candidates  for  the  min- 
istry in  every  branch  of  theological  science  and  every 
department  of  ministerial  work. 

They  pray  that  the  blessing  of  God  which  has  attended 
its  work  so  richly  in  the  past  may  abide  upon  it  not  less 
richly  in  the  years  to  come,  so  that,  in  the  new  century 
of  work  on  which  it  is  entering,  it  may  contribute  in 
ever-increasing  measure  to  the  advance  of  truth  and  the 
promotion  of  the  Kingdom  of  God. 

In  name  and  by  authority  of  the  Faculty  of  Divinity, 

John  Patrick,  D.D.,  Dean  of  the  Faculty. 

March  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  FACULTY  OF  DIVINITY  IN  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  ABERDEEN,  SCOTLAND 

[seal] 

To  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey. 

We  the  Dean,  Secretary  and  Members  of  the  Faculty 
of  Divinity  in  the  University  of  Aberdeen,  gratefully 
acknowledge  your  courtesy  in  inviting  us  to  send  a  repre- 
sentative of  our  Faculty  to  be  present  at  the  celebration 
of  the  Centenary  of  your  far-famed  Seminary.  We 
deeply  regret  that  no  member  of  the  Faculty  finds  it  in 
his  power  to  attend,  but  we  have  delegated  the  Reverend 
Professor  John  Macnaughton,  B.A.,  of  M'Gill  Univer- 
sity, Montreal,  a  distinguished  Graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Aberdeen,  to  represent  us  and  to  be  the  bearer 
of  this  Address. 

Holding  the  same  Reformed  Faith  as  yourselves,  ad- 
hering to  the  same  Theological  Standards  and  maintain- 
ing the  same  form  of  Church  Government,  we  avail 
ourselves  gladly  of  this  opportunity  to  congratulate  you 
on  the  noble  service  you  have  rendered  to  the  cause  of 
Christian  Truth  during  the  last  hundred  years.  Whilst 
the  distinctive  type  of  theological  scholarship  which  has 
come  to  be  associated  with  Princeton  has  been  conser- 
vative both  in  criticism  and  doctrine,  we  gratefully  rec- 
ognize that  your  Scholars  have  been  ready  to  follow  the 
guidance  of  the  Spirit  of  Truth  into  new  fields  of  Chris- 
tian thought  and  service. 

We  are  proud  to  recall  that  an  illustrious  President  of 
Princeton  College  was  a  Scotsman  descended  from  John 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Knox,  Dr.  John  Witherspoon;  that  Dr.  James  M'Cosh, 
a  Scotsman  with  special  ties  to  our  University,  was 
largely  instrumental  in  giving  expansion  to  the  old 
Princeton  College  a  generation  ago ;  and  that  on  the  hon- 
oured roll  of  your  past  Teachers  our  Graduates  have  not 
been  unrepresented. 

On  this  auspicious  occasion  we  are  glad  to  acknow- 
ledge our  deep  indebtedness  to  the  great  Divines  and 
Scholars  who  have  rendered  your  Seminary  eminent 
throughout  the  whole  Christian  world.  The  names  of 
the  Alexanders,  the  Hodges,  of  William  Henry  Green, 
and  of  Benjamin  Breckinridge  Warfield  (still  happily 
among  you  in  intellectual  vigour),  are  held  in  honour 
among  us  and  in  all  the  Churches  of  our  country.  Nor 
are  we  insensible  of  the  impulse  which  has  been  given  by 
Princeton  to  the  noble  cause  of  world-evangelization, 
and  of  the  splendid  labours  of  such  men  as  Dr.  Robert 
Elliott  Speer  who  have  carried  the  influence  of  Prince- 
ton over  the  seas  to  the  older  lands. 

It  is  our  heartfelt  prayer  that  the  usefulness  and 
honour  which  have  fallen  to  you  in  the  century  that  has 
gone  may  be  increased  many  fold  in  the  century  to 
which  you  look  forward. 

In  name  of  the  Faculty  and  by  authority  of  the  Sena- 
tus  Academicus. 

(Signed)        Thomas  Nicol,  M.A.,  D.D.,  Bean, 
William  A.  Curtis,  B.D.,  D.Litt., 

Secretary. 
At  Aberdeen  April,  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

NEW  COLLEGE,  EDINBURGH,  SCOTLAND 

To  the  Principal  and  Professors  of  Princeton 
Theological  Faculty. 

We  greatly  regret  that  it  is  impossible  for  us  to  accept 
your  friendly  invitation,  and  to  commission  one  of  our 
number  to  present  our  congratulations  personally  at 
your  Celebrations.  It  would  have  been  a  privilege  to 
visit  scenes  associated,  as  the  Burgh  and  College  of  New 
Jersey  are,  with  the  names  of  George  Washington  and 
Jonathan  Edwards  and  with  the  early  political  and  re- 
ligious history  of  your  great  Republic,  and,  especially,  to 
join  in  your  devout  thanksgivings  for  the  blessings  which 
God  has  vouchsafed  to  you  since  the  foundation  of  your 
Seminary  in  1812.  Both  of  the  Churches  which  consti- 
tute the  United  Free  Church  of  Scotland,  while  profiting 
from  their  fraternal  relation  with  the  Presbyterian 
Churches  of  America,  have  learned  to  hold  in  special 
honour  theologians,  pastors,  and  missionaries  trained 
within  your  walls.  At  New  College  we  gladly  recall  the 
fact  that  when  in  1844,  after  the  Disruption,  Principal 
William  Cunningham  was  dispatched  by  our  General 
Assembly  to  investigate  the  working  of  the  chief  theo- 
logical institutions  in  America,  he  spent  many  days  as 
the  guest  of  your  eminent  President,  Dr.  Charles  Hodge, 
and  formed  intimate  relations  greatly  valued  by  our 
College.  Since  that  date  a  sense  of  brotherhood  has  been 
maintained  by  frequent  intercourse  and  occasional  inter- 
change of  students,  which  will,  we  venture  to  hope,  not 
only  continue  but  increase. 

We  recognise  respectfully  the  contributions  which 
have  been  made  to  the  cause  of  sacred  learning  by  the 

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members  of  your  staff,  and  the  value  of  the  training 
which  you  give  to  students  not  only  for  the  home  min- 
istry, but  for  the  service  of  Christ  in  the  mission  field. 

We  trust  that  in  the  approaching  celebrations  you  will 
be  cheered  and  led  forward  by  the  assurance  of  the  good- 
will of  other  Seminaries,  by  the  increased  loyalty  of  your 
alumni,  and  by  manifest  tokens  of  the  favouring  pres- 
ence of  Almighty  God. 

With  renewed  fraternal  greetings  and  congratula- 
tions, and  with  high  regard, 
We  are, 

Yours  very  faithfully, 

Alexander  Whyte,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Principal, 
Alexander  Martin,  D.D.,  Secretary. 

2nd  April,  1912. 


THE  UNITED  FREE  CHURCH  COLLEGE, 
GLASGOW,  SCOTLAND 

I  am  instructed  by  the  Secretary  of  this  College  to 
acknowledge  gratefully  the  invitation  of  the  Directors, 
Trustees  and  Faculty  of  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary to  send  a  delegate  to  their  Centenary  Celebration 
in  May. 

The  Senatus,  though  unable  to  accept  this  honourable 
invitation,  desire  to  join  with  the  friends  of  the  Chris- 
tian faith  and  of  Christian  learning  everywhere  in  offer- 
ing to  the  representatives  of  Princeton  Seminary  their 
cordial  and  respectful  congratulations  on  so  interesting 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

an  occasion.    They  are  well  aware  of  the  distinguished 
service  Princeton  has  rendered  to  the  Church  in  the  past, 
and  wish  for  it  a  no  less  honourable  future. 
I  am, 

Ever  yours  sincerely, 

James  Denney,  Clerk  to  Senatus. 
March  6,  1912. 


THE  UNITED  FREE  CHURCH  COLLEGE  AT 
ABERDEEN,  SCOTLAND 

To  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary. 

We,  the  members  of  the  Senatus  Academicus  in  the 
United  Free  College  at  Aberdeen,  send  hearty  congratu- 
lations and  brotherly  greetings  on  the  occasion  of  the 
one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  Institution. 

In  no  place  outside  of  America  itself  is  Princeton  more 
esteemed  and  loved  than  in  Scotland.  The  names  of  her 
great  teachers  are  household  words  amongst  us,  and 
their  works  are  on  the  shelves  of  our  manses. 

We  recall  with  pride  the  copious  and  priceless  influ- 
ences contributed  for  a  hundred  years  to  the  growing  life 
of  a  great  nation  by  the  Seminary,  as  well  as  the  con- 
stant stream  of  men  sent  forth  into  the  Foreign  Mis- 
sion field. 

The  perfection  of  the  Seminary's  equipment,  while  a 
monument  to  the  Christian  liberality  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  is  a  model  for  the  schools  of  the  prophets 
in  the  whole  world. 

Finally,  it  is  our  hope  and  prayer,  that  the  benediction 

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of  Heaven  may  rest  on  the  Seminary  in  the  future  as  it 
has  done  in  the  past,  and  that  there  may  be  constant 
expansion,  to  meet  the  necessities  of  the  country  and  the 
opportunities  afforded  by  Providence,  while  the  ideal, 
expressed  in  the  Plan  of  Foundation,  is  ever  held  fast— 
to  unite  with  solid  learning  the  piety  of  the  heart. 

James  Iveeach,  D.D.,  Principal, 
Geo.  G.  Cameron,  D.D.,  Secretary, 
James  Stalker,  D.D., 
David  S.  Cairns,  D.D. 
28  March,  1912. 


THE  FREE  CHURCH  COLLEGE,  EDINBURGH, 

SCOTLAND 

[seal] 

We,  the  Principal  and  Professors  of  the  Free  Church 
College,  Edinburgh,  desire  very  warmly  to  thank  the 
Faculty  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  for  their 
kind  invitation  to  send  a  delegate  to  take  part  in  the 
forthcoming  celebration  of  the  Centenary  of  the  Found- 
ing of  their  Seminary. 

In  glad  compliance  with  that  invitation,  the  Senatus 
of  this  College  have  appointed  the  Rev.  Principal  M'Cul- 
loch  as  their  representative,  and  herewith  recall  with 
pleasure  and  gratitude  the  fraternal  relations  existing 
of  old  between  the  Princeton  Seminary  and  our  Church. 
We  recall  more  specially  the  congratulations  sent  by 
the  New  College,  Edinburgh,  to  Dr.  Hodge  on  the  com- 
pletion of  his  Systematic  Theology,  and  to  Dr.  Green  on 
the  attainment  of  his  professorial  jubilee. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

We  also  tender  to  the  Princeton  Seminary  our 
heartiest  felicitations  on  its  long  and  prosperous  career, 
so  richly  adorned  at  every  stage  by  the  ripe  scholarship 
and  exalted  piety  of  its  renowned  divines;  whilst  the 
Princeton  School  of  today,  continuing  the  early  tradition 
of  unswerving  fidelity  to  the  Word  of  God  and  the 
Standards  of  the  Reformed  Church,  has  attained  fore- 
most rank  by  its  valiant  and  victorious  defence  of  the 
Scriptures  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  against  the 
assaults  of  the  Higher  Critics,  as  well  as  by  its  profound 
and  refreshing  exposition  of  the  Calvinistic  type  of 
Theology  in  relation  to  modern  thought,  aspiration  and 
necessity. 

We  likewise  offer  to  the  Princeton  Seminary  our  sin- 
cerest  congratulations  on  its  splendid  academic  equip- 
ment, its  brilliant  staff  of  Professors,  the  number  and 
excellence  of  its  Students,  and  the  sound  evangelical 
spirit  which  pervades  all  its  activities.  We  earnestly 
pray  that  the  Divine  blessing  may  rest  yet  more  and 
more  upon  its  Professors  and  Students,  so  that  in  ever- 
growing measure  it  may  continue  to  be  a  centre  of  light 
and  a  tower  of  strength  to  all  who  love  the  Kingdom  of 
our  Lord. 

James  D.  M'Culloch,  Principal, 

Wm.  Menzies  Alexander,  M.A.,  B.Sc,  M.D., 

B.D.,  Professor, 
Colin  A.  Bannatyne,  Professor, 
Robert  Moore,  B.A.,  B.D.,  Professor, 
J.  Kennedy  Cameron,  Professor, 
John  MacLeod,  M.A.,  Professor. 

Free  Church  College,  The  Mound, 
Edinburgh,  12th  March,  1912. 

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ASSEMBLY'S  COLLEGE,  BELFAST,  IRELAND 

[seal] 

The  Faculty  of  the  Assembly's  College,  Belfast,  Ire- 
land, thanks  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  for  the  honour  of  their 
invitation  to  send  a  delegate  to  the  celebration  of  the 
one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  their 
Seminary. 

The  Faculty  congratulates  Princeton  Seminary  on  its 
continued  and  increasing  prosperity,  and  rejoices  in  the 
great  work  which  it  has  done  during  the  last  hundred 
years  in  teaching,  maintaining  and  defending  the  au- 
thority and  inspiration  of  the  Holy  Scriptures  and  the 
pure  doctrines  of  Evangelical  Theology,  and  prays  that 
God  will  continue  to  bless  the  Seminary  by  making  it 
still  more  and  more  in  the  centuries  yet  to  come  a  great 
spiritual  and  intellectual  force  in  the  promotion  of  the 
truth  and  righteousness  of  His  everlasting  Kingdom. 

The  Faculty  regret  that  none  of  its  members  is  able  to 
go  to  Princeton,  but  they  appoint  as  their  delegate  an 
alumnus  of  their  College  as  well  as  of  Princeton  Semi- 
nary, the  Rev.  John  MacMillan,  D.D.,  the  Moderator  of 
the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
Ireland. 

Matthew  Leitch,  President  of  Faculty. 

22d  March,  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

M'CREA-MAGEE  PRESBYTERIAN  COLLEGE, 
LONDONDERRY,  IRELAND 

[seal] 

The  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Magee  Presbyterian 
College,  Londonderry,  beg  to  thank  the  Directors,  Trus- 
tees and  Faculty  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary 
for  their  kind  invitation  to  send  a  delegate  to  the  Cen- 
tenary Celebration  of  the  Seminary  on  May  fifth,  sixth 
and  seventh  next,  and  to  express  their  regret  that  they 
are  unable  to  have  the  pleasure  of  accepting  this  in- 
vitation. 

J.  R.  Leebody,  D.Sc,  President  of  Faculty. 

March  16,  1912. 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY 
OF  DUBLIN  UNIVERSITY,  IRELAND 

I  am  requested  by  the  Theological  Faculty  of  Dublin 
University  to  thank  cordially  the  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  for  their  request  to  send  a  delegate  to  repre- 
sent Dublin  at  the  Princeton  Centenary  Celebration  in 
May. 

As  that,  however,  is  the  busiest  time  of  the  year  in  our 
Divinity  School,  it  will  be  quite  impossible  for  us  to  send 
a  delegate  to  Princeton. 

We  send  fraternal  greetings  and  hope  that  God's 
blessing  may  rest  upon  your  proceedings,  and  prosper 
your  subsequent  Seminary  life. 

I  am,  Yours  very  truly, 

Newport  J.  D.  White, 
Deputy  Regius  Professor  of  Divinity. 

19  February,  1912. 

Lison 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  FACULTY  OF  THEOLOGY,  UNIVERSITY 
OF  OXFORD,  ENGLAND 

I  have  received  your  kind  invitation  addressed  to  the 
Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Oxford,  and 
inviting  them  to  be  represented  by  a  Delegate  at  your 
Meeting  in  May.  I  laid  it  before  the  Board  of  the  Fac- 
ulty, and  they  begged  me  to  thank  you  for  the  honour  of 
the  invitation,  but  unluckily  your  Meeting  comes  in  the 
middle  of  our  Term,  when  it  is  quite  impossible  for  any- 
body really  representative  of  the  Cause  in  Oxford  to  be 
absent  from  work.  It  seemed  to  them  unreal  to  send 
anybody  who  did  not  come  out  of  the  heart  of  the  life 
here,  and  therefore  they  find  themselves  forced  to  de- 
cline. 

With  many  thanks,  Believe  me,  Yours  very  truly, 

R.  S.  Holland, 
March  15th,  1912.  Regius  Professor  of  Divinity. 


THE  FACULTY  OF  DIVINITY,  UNIVERSITY 
OF  CAMBRIDGE,  ENGLAND 

The  Professors  of  Divinity  in  the  University  of  Cam- 
bridge beg  leave  to  thank  the  Theological  Seminary  at 
Princeton,  New  Jersey,  for  the  invitation  to  send  a  dele- 
gate to  be  present  at  the  100th  anniversary  of  the  estab- 
lishment of  this  Seminary.  They  regret  that  as  the 
anniversary  falls  in  May,  when  full  term  is  being  kept  at 
Cambridge,  they  are  unable  to  avail  themselves  of  this 
kind  offer. 

H.  B.  Swete,  Regius  Professor  of  Divinity. 

17  February,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  IN  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  DURHAM,  ENGLAND 

On  behalf  of  the  Theological  Faculty  in  the  University 
of  Durham,  I  am  desired  to  express  our  best  wishes  to 
the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
Princeton,  New  Jersey,  on  the  occasion  of  their  one  hun- 
dredth anniversary.  We  had  appointed  a  delegate  to 
represent  us,  the  Right  Reverend,  the  Bishop  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, but  he  was  unfortunately  unable  to  act  for  us, 
and  we  had  no  time  out  of  term  to  appoint  anyone  in  his 
place. 

With  our  renewed  good  wishes  for  the  continuous  suc- 
cess of  a  Seminary  to  which  we  owe  so  much,  believe  us, 
Yours  very  truly, 
R.  J.  Knowling,  D.D.,  Dean  of  the  Faculty, 
Professor  of  Divinity  and  Canon  of  Durham. 

May  2,  1912. 

THE  FACULTY  OF  THEOLOGY,  UNIVERSITY 
OF  LONDON,  KING'S  COLLEGE 

I  beg  to  inform  you  that  the  Council  at  their  meeting 
this  week  resolved  to  appoint  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop 
Courtney,  Rector  of  St.  James,  New  York,  as  their 
representative  at  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the 
establishment  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America  at 
Princeton,  New  Jersey. 

We  are  writing  to  the  Bishop  asking  him  if  he  would 
be  able  to  represent  the  College  on  the  occasion. 
Yours  faithfully, 

March  7th,  1912.  Walter  Smith,  Secretary. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  FACULTY  OF  THEOLOGY,  UNIVERSITY 
OF  LONDON 

I  have  to  inform  you  that  the  Establishment  and  Gen- 
eral Purposes  Committee  of  the  Senate,  at  their  last 
meeting,  had  under  consideration  the  invitation  of  the 
Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Princeton  Theo- 
logical Seminary  to  appoint  a  delegate  to  represent  the 
Faculty  of  Theology  of  this  University  on  the  occasion 
of  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of 
the  establishment  of  the  Seminary,  to  be  held  in  Prince- 
ton, New  Jersey,  on  May  5th,  6th  and  7th,  1912. 

With  reference  thereto,  the  Committee  have  directed 
me  to  thank  you  for  the  invitation  and  to  express  their 
regret  that  it  has  not  been  possible  to  find  a  delegate  able 
to  leave  this  country  at  the  time  mentioned. 

I  am  further  to  convey  to  you  the  warmest  wishes  of 
the  Committee  for  the  continued  prosperity  of  your 
Seminary.  I  have  the  honour  to  be,  Sir, 

Your  most  obedient  Servant, 

March  22nd  1912.  Henry  A.  Miees,  Principal. 


WESTMINSTER  COLLEGE, 
CAMBRIDGE,  ENGLAND 

The  Senatus  of  Westminster  College,  being  prevented 
by  the  exigencies  of  the  present  term  and  the  breadth  of 
the  Atlantic  from  accepting  the  invitation  to  appear  by 
delegate  at  the  celebration  of  the  centenary  of  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary,  can  but  send  their  greetings  and 
good  wishes  by  the  imperfect  medium  of  writing.    Only 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

one  of  our  number  has  ever  had  the  honour  of  being 
within  your  precincts,  but  we  all  know  that  you  are  the 
most  frequented  of  Presbyterian  Colleges  among  the 
English-speaking  race,  that  you  have  had  teachers  fa- 
mous on  both  sides  the  Atlantic,  that  your  alumni  have 
taken  a  large  and  honourable  part  in  shaping  the  re- 
ligious life  of  America,  and  that  your  present  is  worthy 
of  your  past.  We  offer  you  our  heartiest  congratulations 
on  your  achievement,  and  express  our  hopes  of  still 
greater  things  that  God  may  have  in  store  for  you  in  the 
time  to  come. 

Would  that  we,  the  sole  Presbyterian  Theological  Col- 
lege in  all  England,  could  anticipate  for  ourselves  a  like 
position  and  influence ;  but  we  trust  at  least  that  God  has 
still  larger  truth  in  store  for  us  both,  that  our  service  will 
not  fail  to  meet  the  perplexities  of  our  time  and  the  vast 
social  and  religious  problems  which  are  much  alike  in  the 
New  World  and  the  Old,  and  that,  as  God  measures  our 
real  influence  for  truth  and  godliness,  we  shall,  through 
His  blessing,  have  good  success. 

John  Skinner,  D.D.,  Principal, 
John  Gibb,  D.D.,  Professor, 
[Seal]  John  Oman,  D.Phil.,  D.D.,  Professor, 

April,  1912        C.  Anderson  Scott,  D.D.,  Professor. 

NEW  COLLEGE  AND  HACKNEY  COLLEGE, 

LONDON 

The  Joint  Theological  Faculty  of  New  and  Hackney 
Colleges,  Hampstead,  London,  desire  to  thank  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  for  the 
honour  of  an  invitation  to  its  Centenary  festival  in  May. 

It  is  a  matter  of  great  regret  to  us  that  circumstances 

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do  not  allow  us  to  send  a  personal  representative  to  an 
occasion  so  happy  and  distinguished. 

But  we  beg  that  we  may  not  be  denied  the  privilege  of 
being  heard  among  the  many  congratulations  from  the 
realms  both  of  sound  learning  and  true  piety. 

We  remember  the  high  tradition  and  the  famous  men 
that  have  made  the  name  of  Princeton  familiar  to  the 
world  and  precious  to  the  Church  as  a  seat  of  sacred  let- 
ters and  Godly  discipline. 

We  welcome  the  opportunity  of  rejoicing  in  the  joy  of 
a  sister  Communion;  and  of  recognising  that  the 
Churches  of  the  Gospel  are  members  one  of  another. 

We,  further,  hail  an  occasion  of  expressing  the  unity 
of  two  nations  which  are  one  in  blood  and  speech,  one  in 
a  long  common  history,  and  one  in  the  culture  that  makes 
the  nations  members  of  Humanity. 

And  we  pray  that,  as  Princeton  is  beautiful  for  situa- 
tion, so  also  it  may  continue  to  be  rich  in  Christ's 
Wisdom  and  Knowledge,  and  powerful  for  the  world 
purposes  of  the  Eternal  Spirit. 

Alfred  E.  Gaevie,  M.A.,  D.D., 

Principal  of  New  College. 
P.  T.  Forsyth,  M.A.,  D.D., 

Principal  of  Hackney  College. 
Wm.  H.  Bennett,  D.D.,  Litt.D. 
Herbert  T.  Andrews,  B.A. 
Herbert  Hayes  Scttllard,  M.A.,  D.D. 

MANSFIELD  COLLEGE,  OXFORD,  ENGLAND 

I  write  on  behalf  of  the  Professors  and  Tutors  of 
Mansfield  College  to  thank  you  for  the  invitation  you 
have  conveyed  to  us  to  be  represented  at  the  Centenary 

£1351] 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Celebrations  of  Princeton  Seminary.  It  is  a  matter  of 
great  regret  to  us  that  as  the  date  falls  in  our  working 
term  we  are  unable  to  send  a  delegate.  At  the  same  time  I 
am  instructed  to  convey  to  you  our  warmest  congratula- 
tions on  the  occasion  and  our  good  wishes  for  the  future. 

I  am, 

Yours  faithfully, 

March  19, 1912.  W.  B.  Selbie,  Principal. 


BAPTIST  COLLEGE, 
REGENT'S  PARK,  N.  W.,  LONDON 

The  members  of  the  Theological  Faculty  of  the  Bap- 
tist College,  at  Regent's  Park,  London,  send  cordial 
congratulations  to  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  and  express 
their  regret  that  they  cannot  avail  themselves  of  its 
invitation  to  send  a  representative  to  attend  the  Cen- 
tenary Celebration  to  be  held  in  May  next. 

February  20,  1912. 

MANCHESTER  COLLEGE,  OXFORD,  ENGLAND 

We  are  much  honoured  by  the  invitation  of  the  Direc- 
tors, Trustees  and  Faculty  of  your  Seminary  to  take 
part  in  the  Centenary  Celebration  of  its  foundation  next 
May.  I  greatly  regret  that  we  can  none  of  us  avail  our- 
selves of  the  opportunity  to  meet  the  many  distinguished 
scholars  who  will  be  then  assembled,  and  enjoy  the  hospi- 
tality of  your  famous  School.  Our  philosophical  lec- 
turer, the  Rev.  L.  P.  Jacks,  M.A.,  is  to  visit  your  country 
this  spring;  but  he  informs  me  to-day  that  he  cannot 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

leave  here  till  May  7th,  and  we  must  consequently  forego 
the  pleasure  of  being  represented  at  your  gathering. 

With  best  wishes  for  the  success  of  your  gathering, 
and  the  future  prosperity  of  your  Seminary,  believe  me, 
Very  faithfully  yours, 

J.  Estlin  Caepentek,  Principal. 
February  28th,  1912. 

ST.  DAVIDS  COLLEGE,  LAMPETER,  WALES 

I  am  sorry  it  is  impossible  at  the  date  you  mention  for 
us  to  send  a  representative  of  this  College  to  join  in  the 
celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  your 
establishment. 

But  I  am  requested  to  convey  to  you  our  congratula- 
tions, and  to  express  the  hope  that  your  gathering  may 
be  in  every  way  successful  and  that  your  work  may  go  on 
successfully  in  the  future. 

Yours  faithfully, 

March  l,  1912.  Ll.  J.  M.  Bebb,  Principal. 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE 

UNIVERSITY  OF  AMSTERDAM, 

NETHERLANDS 

De  Theologische  faculteit  der  gemeentelijke  Universi- 
teit  te  Amsterdam  ontving  met  groote  belangstelling 
Uwe  mededeeling  betreffende  de  viering  van  het  honderd- 
jarig  bestaan  van  het  Theologisch  Seminarie  te  Prince- 
ton, New  Jersey,  en  is  zeer  erkentelijk  voor  de  vriende- 
lijke  uitnoodiging  aan  haar  gericht  om  zich  daarbij  te 
doen  vertegenwoordigen.  Deze  uitnoodiging  op  hoogen 
prijs  stellende,  ziet  de  Theologische  faculteit  der  stede- 

£137  3 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

lijke  Universiteit  van  Amsterdam  zich  tot  haar  leed- 
wezen  verplicht  U  mede  te  deelen  dat  zij  zich  niet  zal 
kunne  doen  vertegenwoordigen  bij  gelegenheid  der 
feestviering  van  Uw  Seminarie.  Zij  volgt  evenwel  met 
levendige  en  begrijpelijke  belangstelling  deze  Uwe  feest- 
viering en  wenscht  U  toe  dat  de  tweede  nu  aanbrekende 
eeuw  van  het  bestaan  van  Uw  Seminarie  van  niet  minder 
activiteit  en  vrnchtbaarheid  op  bet  terrein  der  theolo- 
gische  studie  moge  getnigen  dan  dit  in  de  eerste  eeuw 
van  bet  bestaan  van  Uw  Seminarie  het  geval  heeft  mogen 
zijn.  Moge  Uw  Seminarie  zich  voortdurend  verheugen 
in  toenemenden  bloei  en  Gods  zegen  rijkelijk  rusten  op 
den  arbeid  van  alien  die  er  aan  werkzaam  zijn. 

De  theologische  faculteit  van  de  gemeentelijke 
Universiteit  van  Amsterdam. 

Maart  1912.  D.  E.  J.  VoLTER,  VOOTZ.  Her. 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE 

UNIVERSITY  OF  GRONINGEN, 

NETHERLANDS 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Gronin- 
gen,  greatly  honoured  by  your  invitation  for  the  hun- 
dredth Anniversary  of  your  establishment,  feels  obliged 
to  answer  that  it  did  not  succeed  in  finding  a  delegate  for 
the  occasion.  Nevertheless  the  Faculty  expresses  its  best 
wishes  for  the  success  of  the  festival  and  the  future  wel- 
fare of  the  Seminary. 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  Groningen, 

C.  D.  van  Rhijn,  President. 
H.  U.  Meyboom,  Secretary. 
February  27th,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE  UNI- 
VERSITY OF  LEIDEN,  NETHERLANDS 

To  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  the  United  States  of  America,  at  Princeton,  New 
Jersey. 

The  theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Leiden 
regrets  that  it  is  impossible  for  it  to  accept  the  invitation 
of  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  to  send  a  repre- 
sentative to  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  foundation  of  the  Theological  Seminary  at 
Princeton  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  United  States  of  America. 

The  members  of  the  Faculty  and  the  Ecclesiastical 
Professors  associated  with  them  desire  to  express  their 
sincere  congratulations  on  the  long  and  valuable  services 
which  the  Theological  Seminary  has  been  enabled  to  ren- 
der to  the  education  of  ministers  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  to  the  deepening  and  broadening  of  the  spiritual 
life  of  the  citizens  of  the  United  States,  and  to  the  cause 
of  learning  in  all  countries  of  the  world.  They  hope  that 
the  second  century  of  life  on  which  the  Seminary  is  now 
entering  may  be  as  distinguished  in  enterprise  and  as 
brilliant  in  achievement  as  the  hundred  years  which  have 
now  been  brought  to  so  honourable  a  close. 

B.  D.  Eeedmans,  President. 
Kiesopp  Lake,  Secretary. 
Leiden,  27  February,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE  UNI- 
VERSITY OF  UTRECHT,  NETHERLANDS 

Seminarii  Theologici,  quod  Ecclesiae  Presbyterianae  in 
oppido  Princetons  est,  Curatoribus  Professoribus 
Doctoribus  S.  P.  D.  Facultas  Theologica  Universi- 
tatis  Ultraiectinae. 

Propter  Seminarii  Vestri  dignitatem  et  doctrinae  cele- 
britatem  eximiam  cum  magnopere  optaremur  ut  nobis 
contingeret,  Viri  Amplissimi  Clarissimi  Doctissimi,  Vos 
praesentes  compellare,  hanc  nobis  felicitatem  negavit 
adversitas  temporis,  quoniam  causae  multae  ac  variae 
impediebant  ne  quis  nostrum  mense  Maio  legatus  ad  Vos 
proficisceretur. 

Ergo  quod  praesentibus  non  licet,  per  hasce  litteras 
facimus  ut  Vobis,  Viri  Amplissimi  Clarissimi  Doctis- 
simi, centesimum  natalem  Vestri  Seminarii  ex  animi 
sententia  gratulemur.  Ut  saeculum  alteram  quod  iam 
instat  Deus  O.  M.  Vobis  fortunet  toto  pectore  nos  precari 
scitote. 

Quod  nos  amicos  hospitesque  gaudiis  Vestris  caere- 
moniisque  interesse  voluistis,  Vobis  debitas  agimus 
gratias. 

Denique  ita  Deus  O.  M.  Vos  omni  bonorum  fortuna- 
rumque  genere  cumulet,  ut  Vos  ipsi,  quos  propter  insig- 
nem  humanitatem,  doctrinam,  virtutem  magni  facimus, 
eximia  Vestra  benevolentia  nos  dignari  voluistis. 

H.  Visscher,  Dr.  Tlieol. 

ord.  h.  t.  pr. 
J.  A.  C.  van  Leeuwen,  Dr.  Tlieol. 

Dabamus  Traiecti  ad  Rhenum       or&'  *"  t'  ^-actis. 
Id.  April,  a.  MCMXII. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY  OF  THE 

DUTCH  REFORMED  CHURCH,  STEL- 

LENBOSCH,  SOUTH  AFRICA 

The  Professors  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the 
D.  R.  Church,  at  Stellenbosch,  wish  to  express  their  ap- 
preciation of  your  kind  invitation  to  be  represented  by  a 
delegate  at  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  establishment  of  your  Seminary. 

They  regret  that  it  will  not  be  possible  for  them  to 
participate  in  the  celebration  of  an  event,  which  has 
proved  such  a  rich  blessing  to  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  America  and  such  a  power  for  good  in  the  develop- 
ment of  religion  and  theological  thought,  and  they  ear- 
nestly pray  that  your  Seminary  may  ever  by  divine  grace 
be  enabled  to  uphold  the  glorious  traditions  of  the  past. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Yours  in  our  common  Lord  and  Saviour, 

A.  Mooreees, 
Scriba  of  the  Faculty. 
March  20,  1912. 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE  UNI- 
VERSITY OF  COPENHAGEN,  DENMARK 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Copen- 
hagen sends  its  cordial  thanks  to  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States 
of  America  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  for  the  invitation 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

to  be  represented  by  a  delegate  at  the  centennial  anni- 
versary but  regrets  being  unable  to  accept  the  invitation. 
We  express  our  best  wishes  for  the  future  of  the  Semi- 
nary. 

J.  P.  Bang,  Decanus. 

April  4.  1912. 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE  UNI- 
VERSITY OF  CHRISTIANIA,  NORWAY 

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The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Norway 
acknowledges  with  thanks  the  invitation  to  name  a  dele- 
gate to  represent  her  at  the  Celebration  of  the  one  hun- 
dredth Anniversary  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  on  the  5th, 
6th  and  7th  of  May,  this  year. 

Our  Faculty  heartily  congratulates  the  Theological 
Seminary  upon  one  hundred  years  of  glorious  history, 
but  regrets  being  unable  to  send  a  delegate  to  this  impor- 
tant Celebration. 

Andreas  Brantrud,  Dean. 
S.  Sverdrup,  Secretary. 

April  4,  1912. 


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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE  UNI- 
VERSITY OF  HELSINGFORS,  FINLAND 

On  behalf  of  the  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University 
of  Helsingfors,  I  beg  to  acknowledge  your  kind  invita- 
tion to  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary 
of  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey, 
and  to  thank  you  most  cordially  for  it. 

It  is  with  very  great  regret  that  we  are  compelled  to 
refuse  the  invitation,  as  we  have  no  opportunity  of  send- 
ing a  delegate  to  represent  us  on  that  occasion. 

Believe  me, 

Yours  faithfully, 

G.  G.  Rosenqvist,  Dean. 
March  13th,  1912. 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE  UNI- 
VERSITY OF  BERLIN,  GERMANY 

Dem  theologischen  Seminar  zu  Princeton,  New  Jer- 
sey, entbietet  die  Theologische  Fakultat  zu  Berlin  ihre 
warmsten  Griisse.  Indem  wir  fur  die  so  freundliche 
Einladung  zu  Ihrem  Jubelfest  unseren  ehrerbietigen 
Dank  aussprechen,  bedauern  wir  zugleich  lebhaft  keinen 
Delegirten  senden  zu  konnen,  da  wir  ja  Ende  April  unsere 
Semesterarbeit  wieder  aufnehmen  mlissen.  Aber  es  ist 
uns    ein    aufrichtigsters   Bedurfnis   mit    unseren    aus 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

warmen  Herzen  kommenden  Segenswiinschen  bei  Ihrein 
Fest  vertreten  zu  sein. 

Von  Anfang  an  hat  Ihre  Kirchengemeinschaft  Ge- 
wicht  gelegt  anf  die  umf assende  wissenschaftliche  Aus- 
riistung  der  Geistlichkeit.  Aus  dieser  Tendenz  ist  auch 
das  Theologische  Seminar  zu  Princeton  hervorgegangen 
und  es  hat  ihr  gedient  nun  ein  Jahrhundert  iiber  in 
ernster  und  hingebender  Arbeit.  Hundert  Jahre  sind  es 
auch  her,  dass  unsere  Berliner  Theologische  Fakultat  zu 
demselben  Zweck  tatig  gewesen  ist  und  schon  in  unseren 
Anfangen  ist  einer  der  Ihrigen  Charles  Hodge,  der  fiir 
Ihre  Sache  dann  so  grosse  Bedeutung  gewonnen  hat, 
unser  Gast  gewesen.  Aber  an  einem  hohen  Fest,  wie  Sie 
es  begehen,  denkt  man  nicht  nur  der  Beziehungen  der 
einzelnen  Personen,  sondern  vor  allem  empfangt  man 
das  starke  Bewusstsein  der  Zusammengehorigkeit  im 
Ruckblick  auf  die  gemeinsamen  Aufgaben,  die  uns  zu 
losen  libertragen  waren.  Es  gait  Ihnen  wie  uns  um  die 
Wahrheit  ringen  und  mit  ihr  die  junge  Mannschaft  aus- 
zuriisten,  die  in  die  heiligen  Kriege  des  himmlischen 
Herrn  ausziehen  sollten.  Aus  solcher  Gemeinschaft  der 
kochsten  Aufgaben  hervor  ruf en  wir  Ihnen  von  Herzen 
den  Wunsch  zu,  dass  Sie  das  Banner  unseres  himm- 
lischen Herrn  Jesus  Christus  auch  weiterhin  in  unge- 
schwachter  Freudigkeit  f esthalten  mogen  und  dass  Gott 
in  Gnaden  die  Kirche  und  ihre  kiinftigen  Diener  auch  in 
Ihrer  Gemeinschaft  um  dies  Banner  sammeln  moge ! 

Mit  dem  nochmaligen  Ausdruck  der  warmsten  Segens- 
wiinsche  zu  Ihrein  Jubilaum, 

Die  theologische  Fakultat  zu  Berlin 

Dr.  Reinhold  Seeberg, 
15.  April  1912.  Dekcm. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  CATHOLIC  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF 
THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  BONN,  GERMANY 

Dem  hochgeekrten  Theologischen  Seminar  zu  Prince- 
ton beehrt  sich  der  Dekan  der  katholisch-theologischen 
Fakultat  zu  Bonn  fur  die  Einladung  zum  hundertjahri- 
gen  Jubilaeum  am  5.  bis  7.  Mai  1912  den  geziemenden 
Dank  auszusprechen.  Damit  verbinde  ich  meine  herz- 
lichste  Gratulation  zur  ehrwiirdigen  Gedenkfeier  und 
den  innigen  Wunsch,  dass  das  Theologische  Seminar 
auch  im  zweiten  Saeculum  seines  Bestehens  fur  Gott, 
Vaterland  und  Wissenschaf t  arbeiten  und  herrliche  Er- 
f  olge  erzielen  moge. 

In  ausgezeichneter  Hochschatzung 

ergebenst 

Feldmann,  Dekan. 

28.  April  1912. 


THE  ROYAL  LYCEUM 
OF  BRAUNSBERG,  GERMANY 

[telegram] 
Herzlichen  Gluckwunsch. 

Theologische  Fakultat  Braunsberg. 
May  5,  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  ERLANGEN,  GERMANY 

Fur  Hire  giitige  Einladung  zur  Jubelf  eier  sagen  wir 
herzlichen  Dank.  Da  diese  Feier  in  den  Anfang  unserer 
Semesterarbeit  fallt,  so  nmssten  wir  aus  Riicksicht  auf 
unsre  Berufspflicliten  es  uns  versagen,  einen  Abgeord- 
neten  zu  diesem  Feste  zu  entsenden.  Gerne  aber  und  von 
Herzen  bringen  wir  Ihnen  warme  Gliickwiinsche  dar. 
Mit  Befriedigung  blicken  Sie  auf  ein  Jahrhundert 
treuer  und  erspriesslicher  Arbeit  zurlick.  Mochte  es 
Ihnen  gegonnt  sein,  im  Dienst  Ihrer  Kirche  und  des 
gemeinsamen  Herrn  der  Kirche  fruehtbar  weiterzu- 
wirken  f iir  den  christlichen  Glauben  und  seine  Geltung 
innerhalb  der  weiten  Menschheit ! 

Hochachtungsvollst  u.  ergebenst 
Theologische  Fakultat  der  Universitat  Erlangen 

D.  Bachmann, 

z.  Z.  Dekan. 
1.  April  1912. 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  FREIBURG  i.  B.,  GERMANY 

Die  theologische  Fakultat  der  Universitat  zu  Frei- 
burg i.  B.,  Deutsches  Reich,  ist  durch  die  berufliche 
Tatigkeit  verhindert,  die  Hundertjahrfeier  Ihres  theo- 
logischen  Seminars  durch  einen  Vertreter  aus  ihrer 
Mitte  zu  beschicken. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Sie  dankt  verbindlichst  fiir  die  ehrenvolle  Einladung 
imd  wiinsckt,  dass  die  Feier  der  Wissenschaf t  zum  Segen 
gereichen  moge. 

Im  Geiste,  der  Zeugnis  gibt,  dass  Christus  die  Wahr- 
heit  ist,  [1  Joh.  5,  6] 

Hochachtend 

Dr.  Simon  Weber, 

d.  zt.  Dekan. 
8.  Marz  1912. 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE  ROYAL 
BAVARIAN  LYCEUM,  FREISING,  GERMANY 

Wir  danken  den  Rev.  Herren  Kollegen  fiir  die  giitige 
Einladung  zur  Sakularfeier  Hires  Bestehens  und  Wir- 
kens  und  indem  wir  bedauem,  dass  es  uns  nicht  moglich 
war,  einen  Vertreter  zu  delegieren,  wiinschen  wir  den 
Rev.  Herren  Kollegen  noch  viele  Jahrhunderte  erspriess- 
liclien  segensreiclien  Wirkens. 

Im  Auftrag  der  theologischen  Abteilung  des  Kgl. 
Bayr.  Lyzeums  Freising : 

D.  Dr.  Joseph  Schlecht, 

p.  t.  Rektor. 
7.  Mai  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  GIESSEN,  GERMANY 

Im  Namen  und  Auftrag  meiner  Herren  Kollegen 
danke  ich  verbindlichst  fiir  die  uns  freiindlich  zuge- 
sandte  Einladung  zur  Jubelfeier  des  Seminars.  Wir 
sind  leider  verhindert,  einen  Vertreter  zu  dieser  Feier  zu 
senden,  gedenken  aber  des  Seminars,  dem  wir  uns  auck 
auf  dem  Gebiet  der  wissenschaf  tlichen  Arbeit  verbunden 
und  verpflichtet  fiihlen,  mit  treuen  Segenswlinschen. 

Dr.  Gustav  Kruger, 
derzeit.  Dekan. 
24.  2.  12. 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  GOTTINGEN,  GERMANY 

Sagen  wir  fiir  die  liebenswiirdige  Einladung  zur  Jahr- 
hundertfeier  Ihres  theologischen  Seminars  unsern  ver- 
bindlichen  Dank.  Es  ist  uns  leider  nicht  moglich,  einen 
Abgeordneten  zu  Ihrem  Feste  zu  senden,  aber  wir  geben 
dem  Wunsche  Ausdruek,  dass  das  Seminar  auch  im  kom- 
menden  Jahrhundert  sicb  als  Pflanzstatte  charakter- 
voller  Frommigkeit,  als  theologische  Bildungsstatte  und 
als  Bollwerk  theologischer  wissenscbaftlicher  Arbeit  be- 
wabren  moge. 

Die  theologische  Fakultat 

Titius. 

15.  Marz  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE  UNI- 
VERSITY OF  HALLE-WITTENBERG,  GERMANY 

Dem  Theological  Seminary  in  Princeton  N.  J.  sende 
ich  zu  seiner  Hundertjahrfeier  den  herzlicken  Gliick- 
wunsch  unserer  Fakultat  leider  zu  spat.  Eine  schwere 
Erkrankung  unseres  gegenwartigen  Dekans  bitte  ich  als 
Entschuldigung  dieser  Versaunmis  gelten  zu  lassen. 

Das  Princeton-Theological-Seminary  kann  mit  dank- 
barer  Freude  zuruckblicken  auf  die  100  Jahre  seit  1812. 
Nicht  mehr  als  neun  Studenten  sammelten  sich  1812  um 
den  ersten  und  einzigen  Professor,  Dr.  Archibald  Alexan- 
der. Hunderte  von  Studenten  sind  seitdem  durch  das 
Seminar  gegangen;  und  die  jetzige  Zahl  der  Studenten 
wird  das  Zwanzigfache  der  Anfangzeit  sein.  Das  Semi- 
nar hat  in  den  hundert  Jahren,  auf  die  es  jetzt  zuriick- 
sieht,  der  presbyterianischen  Kirche  wertvolle  Dienste 
geleistet.  Und  manche  Professoren  haben  in  dem  Jahr- 
hundert  an  dem  Seminar  gewirkt,  deren  Gedachtnis  noch 
heute  in  Ehren  steht. 

Moge  das  neue  Jahrhundert,  das  dem  Seminar  begon- 
nen  hat,  seine  gesegnete  Wirksamkeit  ihm  erhalten  und 
sie  steigern— zum  Besten  der  presbyterianischen  Kirche 
und  zur  Ehre  dessen,  dem  alle  theologische  Arbeit  dienen 
soil! 

In  hochachtungsvoller  Begrtissung 


ergebenst 


D.  Friedkich  Loofs, 
Prodekan. 


29.  April  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  HEIDELBERG,  GERMANY 

Die  Theologische  Fakultat  der  Universitat  Heidelberg 
spricht  ihren  ganz  ergebenen  Dank  aus  fiir  die  freund- 
liche  und  elirenvolle  Einladung  zum  Jubilaum  Ihres 
Seminars.  Wir  bedauern  lebhaft,  dass  die  Arbeit  des 
Semesters  keinem  unsrer  Prof  essoren  gestatten  wird,  an 
Ihrem  Feste  teilzunehmen.  Um  so  mehr  haben  wir  den 
Wunsch,  Ihnen  auszusprechen,  dass  wir  an  der  Freude 
mid  dem  Ernste,  mit  denen  Sie  Ihre  Feier  begehen  wer- 
den,  von  Herzen  teilnehmen. 

Wir  wissen  uns  mit  Ihnen  einig  in  der  Ueberzeugung, 
dass  das  Evangelium  der  Gegenwart  ebenso  unentbehr- 
lich  ist  wie  der  Vergangenheit,  dass  es  aber  seine  Auf- 
gabe  an  der  heutigen  Welt  nur  erfiillen  kann,  wenn  es 
mit  alien  edlen  Bestrebungen  der  Wahrheitserkenntnis 
mit  verbindet. 

Wir  sind  mit  Ihnen  iiberzeugt,  dass  theologische  Ar- 
beit lauterstes  Wahrheitsstreben  aber  anch  tiefsten  sitt- 
lichen  und  religiosen  Ernst  zur  Voraussetzung  hat. 

Wir  glauben  und  hoffen  mit  Ihnen,  dass  es  der  Theolo- 
gie  gelingen  moge,  immer  mehr  zu  solchen  Ergebnissen 
zu  gelangen,  die  ein  Gemeingut  aller  Theologen  und, 
wenn  Gott  will,  auch  aller  Christen  werden  konnen. 

In  diesem  Sinne  reichen  wir  Ihnen  die  Hand  mit  den 
warmsten  Segenswiinschen  fiir  Ihre  Arbeit. 

Im  Auftrage  der  Theologischen  Fakultat 

D.  Johannes  Weiss 

li.t.  decanus 

13.  April  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  JENA,  GERMANY 

Dem  hochwiirdigen  Vorstande  und  Prof  essorencolle- 
gium  des  Theologischen  Seminars  zu  Princeton,  New 
Jersey,  spricht  die  Theologische  Fakultat  zu  Jena  ver- 
bindlichsten  Dank  aus  fur  die  Mitteilung  iiber  die  am 
5.-7.  Mai  1912  stattfindende  Saecularfeier  des  Seminars 
und  f iir  die  f reundliche  Einladung,  einen  Vertreter  zur 
Teilnahme  an  dieser  Feier  zu  senden.  Leider  ist  es 
wegen  der  weiten  Entf  ernung  nicht  moglich,  dieser  Ein- 
ladung  zu  entsprechen.  Aber  die  Theologische  Fakultat 
zu  Jena  sendet  dem  Theologischen  Seminare  zu  Prince- 
ton ihre  herzlichsten  Gluck-  und  Segenswiinsche  zu  der 
bevorstehenden  Saecularfeier.  Mogen  dem  Seminare 
noch  viele  Jahrhunderte  erfolgreichen  Wirkens  im 
Dienste  der  christlichen  Theologie  und  Kirche  be- 
schieden  sein ! 

Die  Theologische  Fakultat  der  Universitat  Jena. 

D.  H.  H.  Wendt, 

z.  Z.  Dekan. 

5.  Miirz  1912. 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  KONIGSBERG,  GERMANY 

Dem  Theologischen  Seminar  von  Princeton  sendet  die 
theologische  Facultat  von  Konigsberg  zu  dem  gliick- 
lich  vollendeten  ersten  Jahrhundert  ihre  herzlichen 
Gliickwiinsche. 

Wie  von  Konigsberg  durch  den  kategorischen  Impera- 
tiv  Kants  eine  Erneuerung  des  sittlichen  Bewusstseins 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

in  Deutschland  erging,  so  hat  der  ernste  und  tapfere 
Geist  des  Presbyterianismus  in  Hirer  Facultat  eine  her- 
vorragende  Statte  seiner  Betatigung  gefunden.  Manner 
von  weithin  bekannten  Namen  haben  dem  College  von 
Princeton  angehort  und  zu  der  Bllite  desselben  beige- 
tragen. 

Moge  auch  in  dem  neuen  Jahrhundert  das  theologische 
Seminar  von  Princeton  ein  weithin  leuchtendes  Licht 
auf  dem  Berge  sein,  moge  es  den  echten  Geist  theolo- 
gischer  Wissenschaft  fort  und  fort  pflegen,  moge  die 
enge  Beziehung  zwischen  deutscher  und  amerikanischer 
Wissenschaft  zum  Segen  beider  Lander  auch  in  dem 
neuen  Saeculum,  in  das  Ihr  Seminar  eintritt,  ihre  heil- 
samen  Friichte  zeitigen  und  der  geistige  Austausch  dies- 
seits  und  jenseits  des  Oceans  eine  stete  gegenseitige 
Bereicherung  hervorbringen. 

Die  theologische  Facultat 
der  Albertus-Universitat  Konigsberg 

D.  Dr.  Dorner, 

Marz  1912.  *'  Z'  Dekan' 

[seal] 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE 
UNIVEESITY  OF  LEIPZIG,  GERMANY 

Fiir  die  uns  zugekommene  Einladung  zur  Feier  Hires 
hundertjahrigen  Jubilaums  sagen  wir  Ihnen  unsern  ver- 
bindlichen  Dank. 

1st  es  auch  bei  der  grossen  Entfernung  zu  unserem 
Bedauern  nicht  moglich,  dass  eines  unserer  Mitglieder 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Ihnen  personlich  unsere  herzlichen  Segenswiinsche  aus- 
spricht,  so  nehmen  wir  doch  nicht  minder  warmen  Anteil 
an  Ihrer  Feier.  Moge  des  Allmachtigen  Gnade  und 
Segen  Sie  und  Ihre  Arbeit  ferner  begleiten  und  moge  es 
Ihnen  auch  in  der  Zukunft  wie  bisher  vergonnt  sein,  der 
Kirche  Christi  und  der  Wissenschaft  Manner  heranzu- 
bilden,  die  beiden  in  gleichem  Masse  zur  Ehre  gereichen. 
In  amtsbriiderlicher  Verbundenheit 

Die  theologische  Fakultat  Leipzig 

D.  Rttd.  Kittel,  z.  Z.  Dekan. 

3.  Marz  1912. 

[seal] 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  MARBURG,  GERMANY 

Dem  Theologischen  Seminar  in  Princeton  danken  wir 
herzlich  fur  die  Einladung  zu  der  Jahrhundertfeier  am 
5.  6.  und  7.  Mai.  Zu  unserm  Bedauern  ist  es  uns  aus 
aiissern  Griinden  nicht  moglich  gewesen,  uns  durch  einen 
Delegierten  vertreten  zu  lassen.  Aber  wir  nehmen  auch 
in  der  Feme  aufrichtigen  und  herzlichen  Anteil  an  der 
schonen  Feier  der  nachsten  Tage.  Wir  begliickwiinschen 
das  Seminar,  dass  es  ihm  durch  Gottes  Gnade  vergonnt 
ist,  auf  diese  lange  Zeit  reicher  Arbeit  zuriickzublicken, 
und  freuen  uns  des  grossen  Segens,  dessen  Quelle  es  fiir 
die  Presbyterian  Church  gewesen  ist.  Herzlich  wiin- 
schen  wir,  dass  Gottes  Gnade  ferner  liber  dem  Seminar 
walte,  es  fiir  die  heimatliche  Kirche  zu  einer  unversieg- 
lichen  Quelle  cles  Segens  mache  und  zu  einer  bluhenden 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Pflegstatte  theologischer  Wissenschaft,  welcher  der  ge- 
samte  Protestantismus  sich  zu  Dank  verpflichtet  weiss. 

Wir  griissen  das  Seminar  im  Namen  und  Geist  Jesu 
Christi. 

Die  Theologische  Fakultat  der  altesten  protestant- 
ischen  Universitat. 

Der  Dekan: 

DR.  THEOL.  W.  HEITMtJLLER. 
27.  April  1912. 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  MUNICH,  GERMANY 

Das  theologische  Seminar  der  Presbyterian  Church  in 
den  Vereinigten  Staaten  von  America  zu  Princeton  New 
Jersey  hat  die  theologische  Fakultat  der  Universitat 
Munch  en  zur  Teilnahme  an  der  hundertjahrigen  Ge- 
dachtniss-Feier  ihres  Bestehens  in  edler  collegialer  Ge- 
sinnung  eingeladen.  Wir  danken  auf  richtig  und  herzlich 
fiir  diese  Aufmerksamkeit.  Leider  ist  es  uns  nicht  mog- 
lich,  einen  Delegierten  dahin  abzuordnen.  Wir  begliick- 
wiinschen  das  Seminar  von  ganzem  Herzen  zu  der  so 
schonen  und  erf  reulichen  und  erhabenen  Feier  und  wiin- 
schen  zugleich,  dass  dasselbe  fiir  alle  Zukunft  wachse, 
bluhe  und  gedeihe. 

In  aller  Verehrung 

Prof.  Dr.  L.  Atzberger, 
z.  Z.  Dekan  der  theol.  Fakultat. 
26.  April  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  EVANGELICAL  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY 

OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  STRASSBURG 

i.  E.,  GERMANY 

Der  freundliche  Einladung  zu  Hirer  Jahrhundertfeier 
vermag  kein  Mitglied  unsrer  Fakultat  zu  f  olgen.  Audi 
abgesehen  von  der  Grosse  der  Entfernung  macht  der 
Umstand,  dass  Ihr  Fest  in  die  Zeit  des  begonnenen  Som- 
mer-Semesters  f  allt,  die  personliche  Teilnahme  eines  der 
Unsere  zu  einer  Unmoglichkeit.  Aber  wir  diirfen  ver- 
sichern,  dass  wir  in  den  Festtagen  Hirer  nicht  nur  in 
Gemeinschaft  des  Geistes  und  des  Glaubens  gedenken 
werden,  sondern  aucli  Ikrer  hohen  Schule,  Lehrenden 
wie  Lernenden,  zum  Heile  der  theologischen  Wissen- 
schaft  und  zum  Segen  der  evangelischen  Kirche  in  der 
neuen  Welt  ein  f  erneres  f  rohliches  Gedeihen  von  Herzen 
wiinschen. 

Personlich  begriisst  der  Unterzeichnete  noch  mit  be- 
sonderer  Freude  eine  Arbeitsgenossenschaf  t,  welche,  wie 
er  der  Kirche  Calvins  zugehorig,  auch  fiir  die  Zukunft 
der  Sache  des  Evangeliums  die  Giiter  zu  erhalten  strebt, 
die  der  Christenheit  und  insbesondere  der  Theologie,  ja 
der  allgemeinen  Wohlf alirt  und  Weltkultur  durch  den 
Wahrheitsernst  und  die  sittliche  Zucht,  durch  die  Stand- 
liaftigkeit  und  die  Opfermut  unsrer  ref ormierten  Glau- 
bensvater  erworben  wurden. 

Moge  die  gesegnete  Statte  Hirer  Wirksamkeit  bis  in 
die  fernsten  Zeit  en  ein  Licht  bedeuten  und  weithin  das 
stolze  und  klihne  apostolische  Bekenntnis  verkiindigen : 
"Unser  Glaube  ist  der  Sieg,  der  die  Welt  iiberwunden 
hat"[Uoh.5,4]. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Im  Auftrage  der  evangelisch-theologischen  Fakultat 
der  Kaiser- Wilhelms-Universitat  Strassburg : 

Dr.  Julius  Smend,  D.D., 
ordentlicher  Professor  der  Tlieologie, 

z.  Zt.  Dekan. 
Am  Tage  des  Edikts  von  Nantes, 
den  13.  April  1912. 

[seal] 


THE  CATHOLIC  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  STRASSBURG 

i.  E.,  GERMANY 

Der  hohen  Fakultat  des  theologischen  Seminars  der 
presbyterianischen  Kirche  d.  V.  St.  spricht  die  katho- 
lisch-theologische  Fakultat  der  Kaiser- Wilhelms-Uni- 
versitat zu  Strassburg  ihren  ergebensten  Dank  aus  fur 
die  giitige  Einladung  zur  hundertjahrigen  Gedenkfeier. 
Leider  haben  die  Verhaltnisse  unserer  Fakultat  es  uns 
unmoglicli  gemacht,  einen  Abgesandten  an  der  Feier  teil- 
nehmen  zu  lassen.  So  bitten  wir,  auf  diesem  Wege  un- 
sere  Gltickwunsche  clarbringen  zu  dlirfen. 

Die  katholisch-theologische  Fakultat 

B6CKENHOFF, 

z.  Z.  Dekan. 

25.  April  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 


THE  EVANGELICAL  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY 

OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  TUBINGEN, 

GERMANY 

Unsere  Fakultat  spricht  fiir  die  Einladung  zu  der 
Hundertjahrfeier  Ihres  Seminars  den  verbindlichsten 
Dank  aus.  Da  es  keinem  nnserer  Mitglieder  moglich  ist 
bei  der  Feier  personlich  zu  erscheinen,  senden  wir  Ihnen 
die  herzlichsten  Gliickwiinsche  aus  der  Gemeinschaft  des 
evangelischen  Glaubens  und  der  Arbeit  an  der  theolo- 
gischen  Jugend  her  aus. 

Unsere  Arbeit  muss  mit  jedem  Jahrgang  Studierender 
neu  anfangen,  und  jedes  Geschlecht  stellt  unserer  Wis- 
senschaft  neue  Aufgaben  der  Abwehr,  Neubegrtindung 
und  neuer  Begriffsbildung.  Was  uns  die  Sicherheit  und 
die  gewisse  Hoffnung  gibt  bei  dieser  stets  wechselnden 
Aufgabe,  das  ist  die  Zuversicht,  dass  unser  Glaube  in 
ewigem  Grunde  wurzelt,  ein  Gut  liber  der  Zeit,  darum 
audi  gemeinsames  Band  von  Glaubensgenossen  ver- 
schiedener  Continente  und  Volker.  In  dieser  Zuversicht 
griissen  wir  und  wiinschen  fiir  das  zweite  Jahrhundert 
die  Gnade  des  ewigen  Gottes. 

D.  Wurster, 
Dekan  der  evang.  theolog. 
Fakultat  Tubingen. 

12.  Marz  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  CATHOLIC  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF 
THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  TUBINGEN,  GERMANY 

Die  katholiscli-theologische  Fakultat  wiinsclit  dem 
Theologischen  Seminar  zu  Princeton  alles  Gute  znm  hun- 
dertjahrigen  Jubilaum,  vor  allem  einen  glanzenden  Ver- 
lauf  der  Festesf eier.  Hire  Mitglieder  sind  leider  verkin- 
dert,  daran  teilzunehmen. 

Mit  vorziiglicher  Hochachtung 

RlESSLER, 

Derzeit.  Dekan. 
26.  Februar  1912. 

[seal] 


THE  CATHOLIC  UNIVERSITY  OF  THE 
WEST,  ANGERS,  FRANCE 

Le  Doyen  et  les  Prof  esseurs  de  la  Faculte  de  Theologie 
de  l'Universite  catholique  de  l'Ouest  remercient  les 
Directeurs,  Administratenrs  et  Faculte  du  Seminaire 
theologique  de  l'Eglise  presbyterienne  de  Princeton  de 
la  gracieuse  invitation  qu  'ils  leur  ont  adressee.  lis  regret- 
tent  de  ne  pouvoir  y  repondre  par  1 'envoi  d'un  delegue, 
vu  la  distance  qui  les  separe  de  l'Amerique.  Mais  ils 
s  'unissent  a  eux  de  cosur  pour  f  eter  le  centieme  anniver- 
saire  de  leur  fondation.  Ils  sont  heureux  d'offrir,  sur 
le  terrain  scientifique,  un  fraternel  hommage  a  des  pro- 
fesseurs  dont  les  travaux  ont  porte  au  loin  la  reputation. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

lis  souhaitent  au  Seminaire  de  Princeton,  un  des  plus 
anciens  et  des  plus  illustres  foyers  de  la  science  ameri- 
caine,  des  succes  tou jours  nouveaux,  dignes  de  son  glo- 
rieux  passe. 

Le  Doyen, 

A.  Legendre. 

le  25  mars  1912.  tSEAL] 

[seal] 


THE  CATHOLIC  FACULTIES  OF 
LYONS,  FRANCE 

Le  Recteur  des  Facultes  catholiques ;  le  Doyen  et  les 
Professeurs  de  la  Faculte  de  Theologie  ont  l'honneur 
d'exprimer  a  Messieurs  les  Directeurs  et  Adrninistra- 
teurs  du  Seminaire  de  Princeton  leurs  remerciements 
pour  leur  aimable  invitation.  La  Faculte  ne  pourra  pas 
se  faire  representer  par  un  delegue;  mais  elle  fait  les 
meilleurs  voeux  pour  le  succes  de  la  fete  du  centenaire. 

F.  Lavallee, 

le  19  fevrier  1912.  recteur. 


THE  FREE  FACULTY  OF  PROTESTANT 
THEOLOGY,  MONTAUBAN,  FRANCE 

La  Faculte  de  Montauban  s'est  sentie  tres  honoree  par 
1 'invitation  que  vous  lui  avez  adressee— en  meme  temps 
que  par  les  invitations  speciales  f  aites  a  deux  de  ses  mem- 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

bres,  qui  ont  eu  le  tres  grand  regret  de  ne  pouvoir  y 
repondre. 

Elle  vous  remercie.  Elle  sait  qu'il  y  a  entre  le  Semi- 
naire  theologique  de  Princeton  et  la  Faculte  de  Montau- 
ban  un  lieu  tout  special.  Ici  et  la,  on  cultive  avec  un  soin 
particulier  la  memoire  du  Reformat eur  Calvin.  Nous 
n'ignorons  pas  tout  ce  que  vous  avez  fait  par  vos  ou- 
vrages  et  par  votre  Revue  pour  f  aire  connaitre  et  appre- 
cier  l'oeuvre  et  la  pensee  de  celui  qui  fut  un  des  plus 
grands  Frangais  de  France  et  un  des  plus  grands  Chre- 
tiens de  la  chretiente. 

Et  precisement  ces  jours-ci,  un  disciple  du  Seminaire 
theologique  de  Princeton,  le  missionnaire  et  secretaire 
general  du  mouvement  des  etudiants  volontaires,  Mon- 
sieur Wilder,  nous  a  raconte  comment  ce  fut  a  Princeton 
que  naquit  la  Federation  universelle  des  etudiants  Chre- 
tiens, cette  Federation  dont  le  caractere  est  oecumenique 
et  dont  la  devise  est:  "faire  Christ  Roi":— un  caractere 
et  une  devise  specialement  calvinistes. 

C  'est  dans  ces  sentiments  que  nous  vous  envoy ons  nos 
vceux  les  plus  sinceres  uour  votre  Seminaire,— et  que 
nous  demandons  a  Dieu  de  faire  reposer  sa  benediction 
sur  son  activite  ulterieure. 

Recevez,  Monsieur,  1 'assurance  de  nos  sentiments  con- 
fraternels  et  Chretiens. 

Pour  la  Faculte 

Le  Doyen 

E.  DOUMERGUE. 
le  ler  mars  1912. 


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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  FACULTY  OF  PROTESTANT  THEOLOGY 
OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  PARIS 

La  Faculte  libre  de  theologie  protestante  de  Paris  a 
ete  tres  honoree  et  touchee  de  l'invitation  que  le  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  de  Prince- 
ton lui  a  adressee  de  se  f aire  representer  aux  fetes  du 
jubile  centenaire  de  cet'  etablissement. 

La  Faculte  eut  ete  heureuse  de  charger  un  de  ses  mem- 
bres  de  vous  porter  en  personne  ses  salutations  et  ses 
voeux.  Malheureusement  les  circonstances  ne  le  lui  per- 
mettent  pas.  Aussi  doit-elle  se  contenter  de  vous  envoyer 
par  ecrit  1 'expression  de  sa  gratitude  en  meme  temps  que 
ses  vo3ux  pour  que  votre  maison  continue  d'etre  benie. 

Dans  le  siecle  d'activite  que  vous  terminez,  il  vous  a 
ete  donne  de  rendre  d'importants  services  a  la  science 
chretienne  et  a  l'Eglise  pour  laquelle  vous  travaillez. 
Nous  demandons  a  Dieu  de  feconder  votre  activite  dans 
la  periode  nouvelle  de  vie  qui  s'ouvre  pour  vous. 

Le  Doyen 

le  17  mars  1912.  Ed-  VauCHER. 


THE  BIBLICAL  SCHOOL  OF  JERUSALEM 

[seal] 

Les  Professeurs  de  l'Ecole  biblique  de  Jerusalem  sont, 
comme  moi,  tres  honores  de  votre  invitation  d'assister 
au  centenaire  de  la  f  ondation  de  votre  seminaire  theolo- 
gique.  Nous  regrettons  que  la  distance  ne  nous  permette 
pas  d 'envoyer  du  moins  un  delegue  a  cette  imposante 
ceremonie. 

[161] 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Veuillez  agreer,  tres  Reverend  Monsieur,  l'expression 
de  mes  sentiments  les  plus  distingues, 

M.  J.  Lagrange. 

Correspondant  de  Vlnstitut, 

r„     „  -,  Direct eur  de  I'Ecole  ~bi~blique. 

[seal]  * 

Couvent  des  Dominicains 

de  St.  Btienne 
Jerusalem  le  8  mars  1912. 

THE  CATHOLIC  UNIVERSITY  OF 
LOUVAIN,  BELGIUM 

La  Faculte  de  Theologie  de  l'Universite  catholique  de 
Louvain  remercie  le  Seminaire  Theologique  de  Prince- 
ton de  son  invitation  aux  fetes  de  son  centenaire,  et  lui 
adresse  a  cette  occasion  ses  sinceres  felicitations. 

Elle  regrette  vivement  que  ces  fetes  etant  fixees  a 
l'epoque  ou  les  professeurs  de  l'Universite  ne  peuvent 
interrompre  leurs  cours,  il  lui  est  impossible  de  s  'y  f aire 
representer  par  un  delegue. 

Au  nom  de  la  Faculte 

he  Secretaire  de  VUniversite 

le  23  mars  1912.  J.  VAN  BlERVLIET. 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  BASEL,  SWITZERLAND 

[arms] 

Empf angen  Sie  zu  Handen  der  Directors,  Trustees  und 
Facultat  des  Theologischen  Seminars  zu  Princeton  den 
ergebensten  Dank  der  theologischen  Facultat  Basel,  die 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

es  zur  Ehre  anrechnet,  von  Ihnen  zur  Jahrhundertf eier 
Ihres  theologischen  Seminars  eingeladen  zu  werden. 
Leider  ist  kein  Mitglied  unsrer  Facultat  in  der  Lage, 
Ihrer  ehrenvollen  Einladmig  Folge  leisten  zii  konnen. 
Die  theologische  Facultat  Basel  hat  rnir  aber  als  ihrem 
derzeitigen  Dekan  den  Auftrag  gegeben,  Ihnen  mit 
dem  Dank  und  der  Entschuldigung  fiir  nnser  Nichter- 
scheinen  zugleich  den  herzlichsten  Gluekwunsch  der 
Facultat  zu  Ihrer  Feier  auszurichten.  Sie  diirfen  auf 
ein  Jahrhundert  reicher  geistiger  Arbeit  zuriiekblicken, 
auch  auf  ein  Jahrhundert  mannigfacher  theologiseher 
Kampfe  und  vielfacher  Schwierigkeiten,  die  jedoch  ihr 
theologisches  Seminar  tapfer  und  siegreich  uberwunden 
hat.  Wir  wissen  uns  mit  Ihnen  einig  im  strengen  wahr- 
haftigen  Erforschen  der  Wahrheit  wie  im  Dienst  des 
Evangeliums  und  im  Vertrauen,  dass  gerade  in  der  f  reien 
Wahrheitsf  orschung  ein  besonders  wichtiger  und  unent- 
behrlicher  Dienst  am  Evangelium  bestehe  und  wir  wtin- 
schen  Ihnen  dasselbe,  was  wir  uns  wiinschen,  dass  das 
kommende  Jahrhundert  ein  Jahrhundert  reicher  geist- 
iger Arbeit  und  immer  tieferen  Verstandnisses  des 
Evangeliums  werden  moge. 

Mit  den  besten  Wiinschen  zu  dem  Gedeihen  Ihres 
Festes  griisst  Sie  zugleich  im  Namen  meiner  Collegen  in 
grosster  Hochachtung 

Professor  D.  Paul  Wernle, 

Dekan  d.  theol.  Facultat  Basel. 

16.  Marz  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  CATHOLIC  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF 
THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  BERN,  SWITZERLAND 

Im  Auftrag  der  kath.  theol.  Fakultat  der  Universitat 
Bern  libermittelt  ihr  derzeitiger,  unterzeichneter  Dekan 
dem  Venerable  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presby- 
terian Chnrch  in  the  United  States  of  America  at  Prince- 
ton die  herzlichsten  Gliickwiinsche  zu  seinem  hundert- 
jahrigen  Bestehen,  wiinscht  ihm  fernere  gleichsegens- 
reiche  Wirksamkeit  und  bedanert  durch  die  weite  Ent- 
fernung  gehindert  zu  sein,  der  giitigen  Einladung  znr 
Festf  eier  zu  f  olgen. 

Dr.  Ph.  Woker, 
Professor  der  allgemeinen  Gesckichte 
und  der  Kirchengeschichte  an  der 
Universitat  Bern. 
12.  Marz  1912. 


THE  FACULTY  OF  THEOLOGY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  FREIBURG,  SWITZERLAND 

Fur  die  freundliche  Einladung  zu  der  Jahrhundert- 
feier  des  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Princeton  New  Jersey  danken  wir  verbind- 
lichst,  bedauern  aber  dieser  giitigen  Einladung  nicht  f  ol- 
gen zu  konnen. 

Dr.  Prummer, 
Dekan  d.  theol.  Facultat. 

Friburgi  Helvetiorum,  die  26  mensis  Martii  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 


THE  FACULTY  OF  THEOLOGY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  GENEVA,  SWITZERLAND 

La  Faculte  de  Theologie  de  l'Universite  de  Geneve 
temoigne  au  Seminaire  Theologique  de  l'Eglise  Presby- 
terienne  a  Princeton  sa  bien  cordiale  sympathie  a  1 'occa- 
sion du  Centenaire  qu'il  va  celebrer. 

Elle  regrette  qne  les  circonstances  ne  permettent  pas 
des  relations  personnelles  entre  professeurs  et  etudiants 
des  deux  pays. 

Elle  felicite  le  Seminaire  theologique  de  Princeton  de 
sa  prosperite  et  elle  souliaite  que  les  fetes  prochaines 
soient  pour  lui  le  signal  de  nouveau  progres. 

Nous  trouvant  dans  l'impossibilite  de  deleguer  un  de 
nos  professeurs  aux  Fetes  du  Centenaire  a  Princeton 
nous  avons  appris  que  M.  le  Professeur  Schaffi,  Doctor 
honoris  causa  de  notre  Faculte,  se  proposait  de  se  rendre 
a  Princeton,  et  nous  1 'avons  prie  de  representer  notre 
Faculte. 

Veuillez  avoir  la  bonte  de  le  recevoir  a  vos  fetes  comme 
le  temoin  de  nos  sentiments  bien  cordiaux  a  votre  egard. 

Veuillez  agreer  l'assurance  de  nos  sentiments  bien 
devoues. 

G.  Fulliquet, 

Doyen. 

le  20  avril  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL   CELEBRATION  OF 


THE  EVANGELICAL  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY 
OF  GENEVA,  SWITZERLAND 

^i  Messieurs  les  membres  du  Board  of  Directors  et  a 
Messieurs  les  Professeurs  du  Theological  Seminary 
de  Princeton: 

La  Faculte  de  Tlieologie  evangelique  de  Geneve  est 
heureuse,  a  1 'occasion  du  centenaire  de  la  fondation  du 
Theological  Seminary  de  Princeton,  de  vous  offrir  1  'hom- 
mage  de  sa  respectueuse  sympathie  et  ses  felicitations  les 
plus  chaleureuses. 

Nous  le  faisons  avec  une  joie  d'autant  plus  grande  que 
nos  deux  facultes  sont  unies,  depuis  de  longues  annees, 
par  les  liens  d'une  profonde  estime  et  d'une  parfaite 
confraternite  theologique.  En  1838,  l'un  de  nos  plus 
eminents  fondateurs,  Merle  d'Aubigne,  l'liistorien  de  la 
Reformation,  eut  l'lionneur  de  voir  ses  premiers  travaux 
recompenses  par  la  haute  distinction  que  vous  lui  avez 
accordee  alors,  en  lui  conf erant  le  doctorat  en  tlieologie ; 
et  son  successeur  dans  la  chaire  d'Histoire  de  l'Eglise, 
notre  collegue  M.  le  professeur  Louis  Ruffet,  eut  le 
privilege  d'etre  en  1874,  l'objet  de  la  meme  distinction 
de  votre  part.  II  nous  est  particulierement  agreable  de 
rappeler  ces  souvenirs,  a  l'heure  ou  vous  celebrez,  avec 
le  protestantisme  presbyterien  tout  entier,  la  date  me- 
morable de  la  fondation  de  votre  Faculte. 

Vos  devanciers  et  vous,  Messieurs,  leurs  dignes  et  dis- 
tingues  successeurs,  vous  aArez  accompli  une  ceuvre 
grande  et  benie,  a  la  gloire  de  Jesus- Christ  notre  com- 

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mun  Seigneur  et  Sauveur.  Vous  avez  envoye,  au  service 
des  Eglises  de  votre  patrie  et  dans  le  vaste  champ  des 
Missions,  des  legions  de  ministres  vaillants  et  solidement 
prepares  pour  l'ceuvre  de  l'avancement  du  regne  de 
Dieu  dans  le  monde.  Vous  avez  poursuivi  votre  noble 
tache  dans  un  esprit  de  fidelite  aux  precieuses  Verites  de 
l'Evangile  que  nos  bienheureux reformateurs ont  remises 
en  lumiere  et  proclamees  avec  l'energie  d'une  foi  puis- 
sante  et  d'une  inebranlable  conviction.  Nous  nous  re- 
jouissons,  avec  l'Eglise  entiere,  de  l'activite  si  etendue, 
et  si  feconde  que,  au  cours  du  siecle  qui  vient  de  s'ecouler 
il  vous  a  ete  donne  de  deployer  par  le  moyen  de  vos  pro- 
fesseurs  et  des  pasteurs  et  missionnaires  qui  ont  ete  in- 
struits  dans  votre  f  aculte. 

Vos  fils  spirituels  sont  devenus,  au  pres  et  au  loin,  les 
temoins  vivants  de  l'Evangile  de  verite  et  de  salut.  En  ce 
jour  de  solennelle  commemoration,  ils  pensent,  en  tous 
lieux,  a  leur  Alma  Mater,  et,  comme  les  fils  de  la  Femme 
vaillante  du  livre  des  Proverbes,  "ils  se  levent  etladisent 
bienheureuse";  ils  lui  adressent  le  temoignage  de  leur 
respectueux  attachement  et  de  leur  profonde  reconnais- 
sance. 

Et  nous,  enfants  comme  vous  de  la  Reforme  calvini- 
enne,  vos  freres  d 'amies  dans  le  pays  de  langue  fran- 
chise, c'est  avec  joie  que  nous  nous  associons  a  ces  hom- 
mages  et  que  nous  y  joignons  nos  vceux  les  plus  sinceres 
et  les  plus  fraternels,  en  demandant  au  Souverain  Chef 
de  l'Eglise  de  demeurer  avec  vous  dans  l'avenir,  comme 
II  l'a  ete  dans  le  passe. 

Veuillez,  Messieurs  et  tres  honores  Collegues,  agreer 
l'assurance  de  notre  haute  consideration  et  de  notre 
devouement  en  Jesus-Christ. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Au  nom  du  Comite  Directeur  de  la  Faculte  de  Tkeo- 
logie  evangelique  : 

Le  president :  W.  N.  de  St.  George, 

Alex.  Claparede.  Vice-prest  B:  Sc: 

Au  nom  de  la  Commission  des  Etudes : 
Le  president: 

Ch.  Durand-P  allot,  Antony  Krafft, 

B.  D.  pasteur.  B.  D.  pasteur. 

Le  College  des  Prof esseurs : 

Louis  Ruffet,  D.D.,  President. 
Jules  Breitenstein,  Secretaire. 
Ant.  Baumgartner,  Ph.D. 
Frank  Thomas,  M.A., 

pasteur  et  professeur. 
A.  Berthoud,  professeur. 
[seal] 


THE  FACULTY  OF  THEOLOGY  OF  THE  FREE 

CHURCH  OF  THE  CANTON  DE  VAUD, 

LAUSANNE,  SWITZERLAND 

Veuillez  recevoir,  au  nom  de  la  Faculte  que  j  'ai  1  'hon- 
neur  de  representer,  nos  remerciements  les  plus  sinceres 
pour  votre  si  cordiale  et  fraternelle  invitation  a  celebrer 
avec  vous  le  Centenaire  de  la  Faculte  de  theologie  de 
l'Eglise  Presbyterienne  des  Etats-Unis  d'Amerique. 
C  'est  avec  le  plus  grand  plaisir  que  nous  aurions  repondu 
a  1  'honneur  que  vous  nous  f  aites  en  deleguant  un  de  nos 
membres  a  ces  belles  Fetes.  Malheureusement  les  circon- 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

stances  presentes  de  notre  Faculte,  dont  deux  profes- 
seurs  sont  malades,  nous  rend  la  chose  impossible.  C  'est 
avec  un  tres  sincere  regret  que  nous  le  constatons.  Nous 
nous  reservons  de  prendre  part,  au  moment  voulu,  par 
un  message  officiel,  aux  Fetes  de  votre  Centenaire ;  pour 
1  'instant  nous  n  'avons  voulu  que  vous  exprimer  nos  vif  s 
remerciements  et  notre  profonde  estime. 

Veuillez  agreer,  Monsieur  et  tres  honore  Frere,  mes 
respectueux  compliments  et  me  croire  votre  devoue 

Charles  O.  Mercier, 

professeur. 
le  26  fevrier  1912. 


THE  FACULTY  OF  THEOLOGY  OF  THE  UNI- 
VERSITY OF  NEUCHATEL,  SWITZERLAND 

[seal] 

A  la  Direction  du  Seminaire  theologique  des  Eglises 
presbyteriennes  des  Etats-Unis  d'Amerique,  Prince- 
ton. 

Vous  avez  bien  voulu  inviter  notre  Faculte  de  theo- 
logie  de  1  'Universite  de  Neuchatel  a  se  f aire  representer 
au  centieme  anniversaire  de  la  fondation  du  Seminaire 
theologique  des  Eglises  presbyteriennes  des  Etats-Unis 
d'Amerique.  Vu  la  distance  qui  nous  separe  de  votre 
pays,  nous  avons  le  regret  de  ne  pouvoir  repondre  a  votre 
aimable  invitation.  Mais  nous  ne  sommes  pas  moins  tres 
sensibles  a  1  'honneur  que  vous  nous  avez  fait  en  nous  con- 
viant  a  votre  Jubile,  et  nous  vous  en  exprimons  toute 
notre  reconnaissance. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Nous  sommes  heureux  de  pouvoir  saisir  cette  occasion 
pour  vous  presenter,  avec  nos  felicitations,  tous  nos 
voeux  pour  la  prosperite  croissante  de  votre  Seminaire 
theologique.  Que  Dieu  benisse  de  plus  en  plus  votre 
travail,  de  telle  sorte  que  vous  puissiez  donner  a  vos 
figlises,  en  nombre  tou jours  plus  considerable,  des  servi- 
teurs  eclaires,  fideles  et  devoues !  Qu'il  benisse  en  meme 
temps  vos  Eglises;  qu'il  fasse  fructifier  les  semences 
divines  de  verite,  de  liberte,  de  justice  et  de  paix  qu'elles 
repandent  dans  le  monde ! 

Veuillez  agreer,  Monsieur  le  Directeur  et  tres  honores 
Messieurs,  1  'assurance  de  notre  respectueux  devouement. 

Au  nom  de  la  Faculte  de  theologie 

Le  Doyen 

E.  DlTMONT. 
le  19  avril  1912. 


THE  FREE  FACULTY  OF  THEOLOGY  OF  THE 

EVANGELICAL  CHURCH,  NEUCHATEL, 

SWITZERLAND 

En  reponse  a  1 'amiable  invitation  que  vous  avez  bien 
voulu  nous  adresser  et  qui  nous  a  vivement  touches,  nous 
avons  le  regret  de  vous  informer  qu'il  ne  nous  sera  pas 
possible  de  nous  f  aire  representer  au  centenaire  que  vous 
vous  preparez  a  celebrer. 

Mais  nous  nous  associerons  a  votre  Jubile  par  notre 
fraternel  interet  et  notre  sympathie  chretienne,  et  nous 
vous  prions  d 'agreer  les  voeux  tres  sinceres  que  nous 
f  ormons  pour  la  prosperite  de  votre  Faculte  de  theologie 
et  de  votre  Eglise. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Veuillez  agreer,  tres  honore  Monsieur,  avec  nos  re- 
merciements,  l'expression  de  notre  respectueux  devoue- 
ment. 

Au  nom  de  la  Faculte  de  tlieologie  de  1  'Eglise  evange- 
lique  neuchateloise  independante  de  l'Etat, 

le  president  du  conseil  des  prof  esseurs, 

Paul  Comtesse,  fils. 

le  26  fevrier  1912. 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE  UNI- 
VERSITY OF  INNSBRUCK,  AUSTRIA 

Das  Prof essorenkollegium  der  theologiscken  Fakultat 
in  Innsbruck  hat  in  seiner  Sitzung  vom  7.  Marz  d.  J.  den 
unterzeichneten  Dekan  beauftragt,  dem  theologischen 
Seminar  der  presbyterianischen  Kircke  in  den  Vereinig- 
ten  Staaten  von  Nord-Amerika  fiir  die  f reundliche  Ein- 
ladung  zur  Teilnahme  an  der  hundert  jahrigen  Jubelfeier 
bestens  zu  danken  mid  zugleich  mitzuteilen,  dass  die 
Entsendung  eines  Delegaten  unmoglicli  ist. 
In  ausgezeichneter  Hochachtung 

Dr.  Johann  Stufler, 
d.  Z.  Dekan  der  theol.  Fakultat. 

8.  Marz  1912. 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF 
SALZBURG,  AUSTRIA 


Faeultas  theologica  Salisburgensis  maxime  gaudet  de 

lemina 
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celebritate  eenteniaria  Seminarii  theologici  Princeton 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBEATION  OF 

erecti.  Quae  gratias  agit  optimas  pro  attentione  facul- 
tati  amice  oblata.  Dolore  afficitur,  quod  ratio  studiorum 
hicce  vigens  non  permittat,  delegatum  ad  festivitatem 
hanc  magnam  dimittere.  Omnes  actus  festivos  eosque 
perficientes  votis  bonis  presequens  salutem  dicit. 
C.  R.  Facultas  Salisburgensis : 

De.  A.  Eberhaeter, 

h.  t.  Decanus. 
Salisburgi,  die  XXI.  Febr.  1912. 


THE  EVANGELICAL  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY 
OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  VIENNA,  AUSTRIA 

Die  k.  k.  evangelisch-theologische  Facultat  in  Wien 
beehrt  sich,  mit  dem  besten  Dank  fur  die  uns  freund- 
liehst  tibermittelte  Einladung,  Ihnen  die  ergebensten 
Gliickwunsche  zu  dem  hundertjakrigen  Jubilaum  der 
tkeologischen  Hochschule  in  Princeton  auszusprechen. 
Moge  der  Segen  des  Allmachtigen,  der  bisher  so  sichtbar 
iiber  der  Anstalt  gewaltet.  auch  in  Zukimf t  auf  ihr  ruhen 
zum  Heil  f ur  die  Kirche. 

In  grosster  Hochachtung 
ergebenst 
die  k.  k.  evang.-theol.  Facultat  in  Wien. 

Prof.  D.  Wilke, 

d.  z.  Dekan. 
15.  April  1912. 


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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  FACULTY  OF  THEOLOGY  OF  THE  ROYAL 

HUNGARIAN  UNIVERSITY,  BUDAPEST, 

HUNGARY 

Inclyto  Seminario  Presbyterianorum  in  Princeton,  Rec- 
tori  simulque  omnibus  Membris  Collegii  nobis 
Honorandis! 

Nuntium  Seminarii  Vestri  in  primo  centenario  feli- 
citer  transacto  exsultantis  simulque  nos  ad  concelebran- 
dum  invitantis  grato  animo  accepimus  et  familiarem 
Vestram  benevolentiam  honorantes  congratulamur  be- 
neficia  a  D.  O.  M.  in  Vos  collata.  Licet  non  parem  in 
omnibus  habeamus  ficlei  prof  essionem,  tamen  in  plurimis 
contra  eosdem  armemur  necesse  est  inimicos  Dei  Chris- 
tique  ejus.  Optamus  Vos  valere  et  bonum  certamen 
abhinc  quoque  certare,  ut  repositam  habeatis  Vobis  coro- 
nam  justitiae.  Distantia  nimia,  mare  interjectum  et  cura 
studiorum  quotidiana  nos  a  commeatu  prohibent.  Roga- 
mus  ergo,  habeatis  nos  excusatos.  De  cetero  gratia  Do- 
mini Nostri  Jesu  Christi,  et  charitas  Dei  et  communi- 
catio  sancti  Spiritus  sit  cum  omnibus  Vobis. 

Nomine  Facultatis  Theologicae  Universitatis  Buda- 
pestinensis  omnia  f elicia  faustaque  Vobis  adprecatur. 

Budapestini  die  29.  Martii  anni  1912. 

Dr.  Aladarus  Zubriczky, 
Decanus  h.  a.  Facultatis  Theologicae 
Univ.  Budapest. 
[seal] 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  REFORMED  THEOLOGICAL  ACADEMY, 
BUDAPEST,  HUNGARY 

We  beg  to  acknowledge  with  hearty  thanks  the  receipt 
of  the  invitation  to  the  centenary  celebrations  of  our  Sis- 
ter Institution.  With  deep  regret,  however,  we  must  in- 
timate that  we  are  unable  to  send  a  special  delegate  from 
our  College  to  represent  us  on  the  occasion— not  only 
because  of  the  great  distance,  but  more  because  the  work 
and  arrangements  of  our  institution  oblige  all  of  us  to 
be  in  Budapest  in  the  month  of  May. 

The  occasion,  however,  affords  us  opportunity  of  ex- 
pressing our  warm  brotherly  interest  in  and  love  toward 
our  American  brethren. 

We  know  the  great  service  rendered  by  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  United  States  in  the  extension  of 
Gospel  Light,  in  bearing  faithful  and  unshaken  witness 
to  Christ,  and  in  the  expansion  of  the  life  of  the  great 
American  nation. 

But  we  know  and  acknowledge  with  deep  gratitude 
that  service  also,  which  the  ministers  of  the  American 
Presbyterian  Church  have,  from  the  very  first,  rendered 
so  unweariedly  and  with  such  noble  disinterestedness  on 
behalf  of  the  evangelisation  of  our  emigrant  brethren. 
That  Church  was  the  first  to  interest  itself  in  them. 

And  now,  when  one  of  the  most  important  and  most 
cherished  of  the  institutions  of  that  Church  is  able,  by  the 
grace  of  God,  to  look  back  on  a  past  of  one  hundred  years, 
we,  the  Budapest  Theological  Academy  of  the  Hungarian 
Reformed  Church,  pray  in  the  spirit  of  true  Christian 
fellowship  and  brotherhood,  that  the  blessing  of  God 
may  rest  abundantly  on  our  Sister  Seminary  on  the  occa- 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

sion  of  its  celebrations;  may  it,  as  it  has  heretofore, 
still  stand  for  many  generations  as  the  pillar  and  ground 
of  the  faith  and  of  true  Christian  doctrine  and  truth,  a 
mighty  instrument  of  all  such  good  work  as  has  its 
source  in  the  command  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

On  behalf  of  the  Professoriate  of  the  Budapest  Re- 
formed Church  Theological  College, 

Prof.  S.  B.  Pap, 

Principal. 
[seal] 

4th  March  1912. 


THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE 

REFORMED  COLLEGE,  DEBRECZEN, 

HUNGARY 

A  debreceni  reformatus  kollegium  Akademiajanak 
theologiai  tanarikara  orommel  fogadta  a  princetoni 
theologiai  seminarium  reszerol  a  meghivast  letezesenek 
szazadik  evforduloja  unnepelyere. 

Az  a  teny,  hogy  a  theologiai  tudomanyok  hatalmas 
vara  el  1812— tol  fogva  az  Egyesult  allamok  szabad 
foldjen,— igaz  orommel  tolti  el  sziviinket,  hiszen  ezen 
mindig  erosodo  intezmeny  az  ut,  igazsag  es  elet  fejedel- 
menek  aldasa. 

A  keresztyenseg  elso  szazadaiban  virult  regi  f  oiskolak 
Azsiaban  es  Afrikaban  megsziintek  letezni,— es  ime !  az 
Ujvilagban  tamadnak  uj  foiskolak  azokat  helyettesiteni 
es  potolni  a  vesztesegeket.  Az  onok  seminariuma  hasonlo 

ens: 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

testverintezetek  kozt  kepviseli  a  presbyterian  vilag  egyik 
vilagito  tornyat. 

A  princetoni  seminarium  irodalmi  munkai  es  tana- 
rainak  erdemei  ismeretesek  Europaban  a  tudosok  elott  s 
mindeniitt  koztiszteletet  vivtak  ki. 

Koszonjiik  a  megtiszteltetest,  bogy  meghivtak  szazados 
iinnepelyokre,  de  reszint  a  nagy  tavolsag,  reszint  iskola 
eviinkben  epen  azon  idoszakra  eso  legsiirgosebb  elfog- 
laltsagunk  miatt  nem  lebetseges  kepviselot  kiildeni 
korlinkbol,  banem  meg  kell  elegeclniink  ott  lelekben, 
elmenkkel  jelen  lenni  csak. 

Fogadjak  azert  keresztyeni  es  testveri  iidvozletiinket 
azon  f orro  kivansagunkkal,  bogy  a  nagy  Isten  viragoz- 
tassa  onok  seminariumat  es  gazdagitsa  anyagi  es  szel- 
lemi  segitsegevel  a  megvalto  Jezus  Krisztus  szolgalata- 
ban  a  jovendo  nehez  idokben  is  szilardan  megallani. 

Tbeologiai  akademiank  tanarainak  neveben  s  megbiza- 
sabol 

Debrecenben,  a  regi  kollegium  epiileteben,  1912,  marc. 
26. 

tiszteletteljesen 

Dr.  Geza  Lencz, 
theologiai  dekdn. 
[seal] 


[translation] 

The  Theological  Academy  of  the  Reformed  College  of 
Debreczen  in  Hungary  has  had  the  pleasure  of  receiving 
the  invitation  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  to  the 
celebration  of  the  centennial  of  its  existence. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

The  fact  that  a  powerful  seat  of  theological  learning 
has  existed  since  1812  on  the  free  soil  of  the  United 
States  fills  our  hearts  with  true  joy  because  this  ever- 
growing Institute  is  a  visible  blessing  granted  by  the 
Prince  of  "the  Way,  the  Truth  and  the  Life". 

The  ancient  schools  of  the  first  centuries  in  Asia  and 
Africa  ceased  to  live,  but,  behold!  in  the  new  world— 
never  dreamed  of  by  the  Apostle  Paul— rose  new  ones 
to  replace  the  losses.  Your  Seminary  among  its  sister 
establishments  represents  one  lighthouse  in  the  Presby- 
terian world. 

Princeton  Seminary's  literary  works  and  her  profes- 
sors' merits  are  known  in  Europe  among  scholars,  and 
have  acquired  common  esteem  everywhere. 

We  are  thankful  for  the  honour  of  being  invited  to 
your  jubilee  festival,  but  on  account  of  the  great  distance 
and  chiefly  because  of  the  busy  occupations  of  our  scho- 
lastic year,  we  cannot  send  a  delegate :  we  must  be  satis- 
fied with  being  present  in  heart  and  mind. 

Accept  therefore  our  brotherly  salutation  and  our 
warm  wish  that  the  great  God  may  extend  and  enrich 
your  Seminary  with  both  material  and  spiritual  bless- 
ings for  the  service  of  the  Saviour  Jesus  Christ  in  the 
important  period  to  come. 

In  the  name  of  the  Theological  Professors,  in  the  Col- 
lege buildings,  Debreczen,  Hungary,  26  March  1912. 
Respectfully  yours, 

Dr.  Geza  Lencz, 
Dean  of  the  theol.  Academy. 


[177] 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 


THE  UNITARIAN  THEOLOGICAL  COLLEGE, 
KLAUSENBURG,  HUNGARY 

We  received  with  great  pleasure  your  kind  invitation 
to  the  celebration  which  your  Theological  Seminary 
holds  on  the  5th,  6th,  and  7th  of  May  on  the  occasion  of 
the  hundredth  anniversary  of  its  establishment.  Up  to 
this  day  we  hoped  to  be  able  to  send  a  representative  of 
ours  to  you.  But  to  our  great  regret  we  have  been 
prevented  from  doing  so;  therefore,  we  express  our 
heartiest  greetings  to  you  in  this  way,  wishing  from  the 
bottom  of  our  hearts  that  your  College  may  prosper  with 
God's  help  for  hundreds  and  hundreds  of  years  and  may 
do  the  best  of  work  in  the  interest  of  the  moral  and  re- 
ligious advance  of  mankind. 

May  God's  blessings  be  and  remain  upon  your  Col- 
lege, your  works  and  you  all. 

From  the  meeting  of  the  directory  of  the  Unitarian 
Theological  College  at  Kolozsvar  (Klausenburg)  held  on 
the  27th  of  March,  with  kindest  regards, 

We  remain, 

Yours  faithfully, 

Eitgen  Gol, 

President. 

Solomon  Csif6,  Lawrence  Galfi, 

Demi  of  the  College.  Notary. 


[its: 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  REFORMED  THEOLOGICAL  ACADEMY, 
PAPA,  HUNGARY 

Having  received  the  kind  invitation  of  the  Directors, 
Trustees  and  Faculty  of  your  Seminary  to  take  part  in 
the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the 
establishment  of  it,  we  are  very  sorry  that  we  cannot  be 
represented  on  that  occasion.  Nevertheless  the  profes- 
sors and  trustees  of  our  Theological  Academy  celebrate 
with  you  in  spirit.  We  wish  most  heartily  that  your 
Theological  Seminary  vivat,  crescat,  floreat  ad  multos 
annos !  May  God  grant  to  it  a  most  glorious  future,  that 
it  may  bring  up  many  faithful  pupils  as  in  the  past,  who 
will  contend  bravely  for  the  cause  of  the  Gospel  and 
count  not  their  life  dear  unto  themselves,  so  that  they 
may  finish  their  course  with  joy,  that  is,  may  propagate 
the  Kingdom  of  God ! 

Believe  me,  Honoured  Sir,  in  the  name  of  the  Senatus 

of  the  Reformed  Theological  Academy. 

Lewis  Czizmadia, 

h.  t.  rector  professor. 
[seal] 


THE  REFORMED  THEOLOGICAL  ACADEMY, 
SAROSPATAK,  HUNGARY 

Theologiai  intezetok  jubileumi  unnepsegeire  szolo 
szives  meghivasukat  megkaptuk.  Fogadjak  erte  legszi- 
vesebb  koszonetiinket. 

£179] 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBEATION  OF 

Nagyon  ohajtanank  mi  abban  szemelyesen  is  reszt 
vexmi  mindannyian,  vagy  legalabb  is  kiildottseg  utjan; 
de  nagyon  sajnaljuk,  bogy  nem  tehetjiik,  reszint  a  tavol- 
sag  miatt,  reszint  es  kiilonosebben  azert,  mert  mar  vege 
fele  jarunk  iskolai  feleviinknek. 

De  ba  szemelyesen  nem  lebetiink  is  ott  jelen,  lelekben 
Onokkel  lesziink.  Mi  ugy  erezziik,  bogy  a  nagy  foldrajzi 
tavolsag  mellett  is  kozel  vagyunk  egymashoz.  A  koz- 
tiink  levo  szellemi  rokonsag,  a  kozos  protestans  erdekek, 
kozos  torekveseink  az  evangeliomi  vilagossag  terjeszte- 
seben,  kivaltkepen  az  a  benso  viszony,  a  melyben  Onok 
ama  magyar  reformatus  honfitarsainkkal  vannak,  akik 
sziilofoldjiiktol  tavol  az  Onok  es  az  Onok  presbyteria- 
nus  ama  mi  honfitarsainkrol  valo  szives  gondoskodasa— 
mindez  a  legszorosabb  kapcsolatot  kepezi  Onok  kozott  es 
mi  kozottiink. 

Fogadjak  bat  testveri  sziviinkbol  szarmazo  legszi- 
vesebb  iidvozletiinket,  Princetoni  tbeologiai  intezetok 
jubileuma  alkalmabol. 

Oszinte  tisztelettel 

a  sarospataki  ref.  tbeologiai  akademia,  annak 
tanarai  sazok  neveben 

Nagy  Bela, 

dekdn. 

[translation] 

Your  kind  invitation  to  the  jubilee-solemnities  of  your 
theological  Seminary  reached  us  duly  and  we  express  our 
heartiest  thanks  for  it. 

We  all  should  like  to  participate  in  it  personally  or  by 
deputation  at  least,  but  we  are  very  sorry  that  we  are 
not  able  to  do  so,  partly  because  of  the  great  distance, 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

partly  and  especially  because  we  are  nearly  at  the  end 
of  our  second  semester. 

Though  we  cannot  be  present  there  personally,  we  will 
be  with  all  our  soul  with  you.  In  spite  of  the  great 
geographical  distance  we  feel  we  are  near  to  each  other. 
The  spiritual  relationship,  the  common  interests  of 
Protestantism,  our  common  efforts  in  spreading  the 
evangelical  light  and  especially  that  intimate  relation 
existing  between  you  and  our  Hungarian  Reformed 
fellow-countrymen  living  in  your  state,  far  from  their 
native  land,  and  the  kindness  of  your  Presbyterian 
Church  in  taking  care  of  them— these  all  make  the  closest 
connection  between  you  and  ourselves. 

Receive  therefore  our  kindest  greetings  coming  out  of 
our  brotherly  hearts  on  the  occasion  of  the  jubilee  of 
your  Theological  Seminary  of  Princeton.  Vivat,  crescat, 
floreat— ad  maiorem  Dei  gloriam! 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

The  Reformed  Theological  Academy  of  Saros- 
patak,  its  professors,  and  in  their  name. 

Bela  Nagy, 

Dean. 

20th  April,  1912. 

[seal] 


THE  EVANGELICAL  THEOLOGICAL  ACADEMY, 
SOPRON  (OEDENBOURG),  HUNGARY 

As  it  is  not  in  our  power  to  be  represented  on  the  sol- 
emn one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  establishment  of 
your  Faculty,  we  send,  with  many  thanks  for  your  kind 

[181] 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

invitation,  our  heartiest  congratulations  and  our  best 
wishes  for  the  new  century  of  your  Seminary. 

For  the  Evangelical  Theological  Academy:  Sopron 
(Oedenbourg),  March  30, 1912. 

Ch.  Proehle, 
Ant.  Bancso,  Prof,  and  Secretary. 

Director. 

[seal] 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY  OF  THE  EOYAL 

BOHEMIAN  UNIVERSITY,  PRAGUE, 

BOHEMIA 

Bohoslovecka  fakulta  c.  k.  ceske  Karlo-Ferdinandovy 
university  v  Praze,  jsouc  si  dobfe  vedoma  zasluh  jichz 
"The  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  the  United  States  of  America  at  Princeton,  New  Jer- 
sey" za  sto  let  sveho  trvani  o  povzneseni  kfestanstvi  si 
ziskal,  vzkazuje  temuz  slovutnemu  Senrinari  ke  dnum 
5.-7.  kvetna  t.  r.,  kdy  sto  let  sveho  trvani  oslavovati  bude, 
srdecne  blahopf  ani,  zadajic  mu  na  Bohu,  aby  i  v  pf  istich 
dobach  kvetl  a  se  vzmahal  ku  blahu  vlasti  a  k  prospechu 
kfestanstva  a  jsa  vzdy  veren  idealum  slavnych  zaklada- 
telu  svych,  sir il  ideu  kf  estanskou,  kulturu  a  humanitii. 

Bekujice  srdecne  za  Vase  mile  a  cestne  pozvani, 
prosime,  aby  slovutny  bohoslovecky  seminar  blahoprani 
nase  pfivetive  pfijati  racil. 

V  Praze  dne  22.  budna  leta  Pane  1912. 

Prof.  dv.  Al.  Soldat, 

8.  c.  dekan. 
[seal] 

[1821] 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

[translation] 

Theologica  Facultas  c.  r.  bohemicae  Carolo-Ferdi- 
nandea  Universitatis  Pragae,  haud  immemor  meritorum, 
quae  "The  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  United  States  of  America  at  Princeton, 
New  Jersey"  per  hos  centum  annos  ad  rem  christianam 
augendam  et  amplificandam  sibi  paravit,  eidem  celeber- 
rimo  Seminario  ad  dies  5.-7.  Maji  a.  c,  quibus  centenaria 
sua  celebrabit,  gratulatur  optimisque  ominibus  prosequi- 
tur, exoptans,  ut  etiam  in  posterum  floreat  et  augeatur 
ad  salutem  patriae,  rei  christianae  incrementum  sem- 
perque  clarissimorum  Fundatorum  suorum  rationes  se- 
cutmn  ideam  christianam,  cultum  atque  humanitatem 
propaget. 

Pro  benevola  et  honorifica  invitatione  sinceras  gratias 
agentes,  rogamus,  ut  celeberrimum  theologicum  Semi- 
narium  gratulationem  nostram  humanissime  accipiat. 
Pragae  Bohemorum  a.  d.  VIII.  Kalendas  Maji  a.  D.  1912. 


KNOX  COLLEGE, 
TORONTO 

I  have  presented  the  gracious  invitation  from  Prince- 
ton Theological  Seminary  to  the  Faculty  of  Knox  Col- 
lege. 

Our  Faculty  is  not  an  official  body  with  power  to 
appoint  a  representative,  but  we  have  decided  to  ask  the 
Board  of  Management  of  Knox  College  to  appoint  Pro- 

[183] 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

fessor  James  Ballantyne,  D.D.,  as  our  representative  at 
the  celebration  of  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of 
the  Establishment  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary. 
Our  Board  does  not  meet  until  the  first  week  in  April, 
but  you  may  be  assured  that  this  appointment  will  be 
made  and  may  place  Professor  Ballantyne's  name  upon 
your  list  as  the  one  who  will  represent  Knox  College. 

With  congratulations  on  the  great  history  and  the 
great  work  of  Princeton  during  the  past  hundred  years, 

I  am, 

Yours  faithfully, 

Alfred  Gandier, 

Principal. 

29th  February,  1912. 


QUEEN'S  UNIVERSITY, 
KINGSTON,  ONTARIO 

I  beg  to  advise  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Senate  of 
Queen's  University  held  yesterday,  the  13th  instant,  the 
Reverend  W.  G.  Jordan,  B.A.,  D.D.,  Professor  of  He- 
brew and  Old  Testament  Criticism,  was  appointed  to 
represent  the  University  at  the  celebration  of  the  One 
Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, at  Princeton,  New  Jersey. 

Yours  sincerely, 

George  Y.  Chown, 

Registrar. 
March  14,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  PRESBYTERIAN  COLLEGE, 
MONTREAL 

The  Faculty  of  the  Presbyterian  College,  Montreal, 
have  much  pleasure  in  accepting  the  courteous  invitation 
of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  to  be  represented 
at  the  celebration  of  the  hundredth  anniversary  of  its 
establishment,  and  have  named  the  Principal  as  their 
delegate  with  the  Rev.  Prof.  R.  E.  Welsh,  D.D.,  as 
alternate. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

John  Scrimgee, 

Principal. 
February  16th,  1912. 


MANITOBA  COLLEGE, 
WINNIPEG 

The  Senate  of  Manitoba  College,  Winnipeg,  congratu- 
late the  Theological  Seminary  of  Princeton  on  the  at- 
tainment of  its  centenary,  and  have  appointed  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Baird,  Acting-Principal  of  Manitoba  College,  as 
delegate  to  represent  it  at  the  coming  celebration  in  May. 

J.  Dick  Fleming, 
Secretary  of  Senate. 
15th  March,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

WESTMINSTER  HALL, 
VANCOUVER,  BRITISH  COLUMBIA 

Please  excuse  delay  in  replying  to  your  very  kind  invi- 
tation to  Westminster  Hall  to  be  represented  at  the  one 
hundredth  anniversary  of  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary. I  had  hoped  to  be  in  the  East  about  that  time,  but 
now  I  find  that  to  be  impossible.  We  have  appointed  as 
our  representative,  Rev.  A.  J.  MacGillivray,  M.A.,  D.D., 
Merton,  Ont.,  one  of  your  own  graduates  and  one  of  the 
first  two  D.D.'s  of  our  College. 

Thanking  you  for  the  invitation  and  with  best  wishes 
for  the  success  of  your  celebration, 

Sincerely  yours, 

John  Mackay, 

Principal. 
April  20th,  1912. 


FACULTY  OF  THEOLOGY  OP  TRINITY 
COLLEGE,  TORONTO 

A  few  days  ago  I  received  from  you  the  very  kind  invi- 
tation given  by  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  of  the  United  States  of  America  at 
Princeton,  New  Jersey,  to  the  Faculty  of  Theology  of 
the  University  of  Trinity  College,  Toronto,  to  be  repre- 
sented by  a  delegate  on  the  occasion  of  the  Celebration 
of  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  establishment 
of  the  said  Seminary,  such  celebration  to  be  held  on  5th, 
6th,  and  7th  May,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

In  response  to  this  invitation  we  have  very  much  plea- 
sure in  nominating  as  our  delegate  the  Reverend  E. 
Vicars  Stevenson,  M.A.,  graduate  of  this  University, 
whose  present  address  is  130  East  Sixth  Street,  Plain- 
field,  N.  J. 

With  sincere  thanks  for  the  courtesy  of  your  invita- 
tion, and  with  all  best  wishes  for  the  success  of  the  Cele- 
bration, and  for  the  continued  prosperity  of  your  Theo- 
logical Seminary, 

I  have  the  honour  to  remain, 

Faithfully  yours, 

T.  C.  P.  Macklem, 

Provost. 
April  22,  1912. 


WYCLIFFE  COLLEGE, 
TORONTO 

The  President,  Principal  and  Council  of  Wycliffe 
College,  Toronto,  regret  that  it  will  not  be  possible  for 
them  to  accept  the  kind  invitation  of  the  Directors,  Trus- 
tees and  Faculty  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary 
to  be  represented  at  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of 
the  establishment  of  that  noble  institution,  owing  to  the 
absence  of  the  Principal  in  Europe,  and  the  fact  that  the 
other  officers  of  the  Council  and  Faculty  will  be  other- 
wise engaged.  They  desire  to  express  their  deep  sense 
of  appreciation  of  the  kind  act  of  the  Authorities  of  the 
Princeton  Seminary  in  inviting  them  to  take  part  on 
this  most  auspicious  occasion.  They  hope  and  pray  that 
the  proceedings  may  be  greatly  owned  and  blessed  of 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

God,  and  that  the  noble  institution  which  is  celebrating 
its  one  hundredth  birthday  may  be  long  favored  by  God 
with  the  continuance  of  ever  deepening  and  most  useful 
service  in  these  days  of  golden  opportunity  on  our  North 
American  Continent. 
11th  April,  1912. 


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RESPONSES  FROM  THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOLS 
IN  THIS  COUNTRY 


THEOLOGICAL   SEMINARY   OP   THE 

REFORMED  CHURCH  IN  AMERICA, 

NEW  BRUNSWICK,  NEW  JERSEY 

The  Faculty  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Re- 
formed Church  in  America  directs  me  to  acknowledge 
with  thanks  the  receipt  of  an  invitation  to  be  repre- 
sented at  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  founding 
of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  the  United  States  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  on  the  fifth, 
sixth,  and  seventh  of  May  next.  I  am  also  instructed  by 
the  Faculty  to  inform  you  that  the  undersigned  has  been 
chosen  as  their  delegate.  It  will  give  me  great  pleasure 
to  be  present. 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

J.  Preston  Searle, 

President  of  the  Faculty. 


ST.  MARY'S  UNIVERSITY  AND 

ECCLESIASTICAL  SEMINARY, 

BALTIMORE,  MARYLAND 

The  President  and  Faculty  of  St.  Mary's  University 
and  Ecclesiastical  Seminary  greatly  appreciate  the 
honor  of  the  invitation  to  participate  in  the  celebration 
of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  establishment  of 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
the  United  States  of  America  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey. 

While  for  reasons  which  will  he  doubtless  properly 
appreciated  they  cannot  send  a  representative  on  that 
occasion,  they  wish  to  extend  their  hearty  congratula- 
tions to  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  on  its  emi- 
nent services  to  religion  by  its  high  and  conservative 
scholarship  and  particularly  by  its  able  and  unswerving 
support  of  the  Divinity  of  Our  Lord,  and  they  heartily 
wish  it  continued  and  increased  influence  in  this  noble 
cause. 

E.  R.  Dyer,  D.D., 

President. 

February  29th,  1912. 


THE  XENIA  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
XENIA,  OHIO 

I  am  directed  by  the  Faculty  of  the  Xenia  Theological 
Seminary  to  say  that  Prof.  W.  G.  Moorehead,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  has  been  appointed  to  represent  this  Seminary  at 
the  celebration  of  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of 
the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  May  5-7,  1912. 

Thanking  you  for  the  honor  extended  by  your  invita- 
tion, I  am, 

Very  truly  yours, 

Joseph  Kyle, 
Secretary  of  Faculty. 
April  8,  1912. 

£192  3 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 


HARTWICK  SEMINARY, 
HARTWICK, 
NEW  YORK 

Thanks  for  your  kind  invitation  to  have  Hartwick 
Seminary  represented  at  the  coming  Centennial  of 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  in  May,  1912.  It  would 
afford  us  as  a  Faculty  great  pleasure  to  be  represented 
personally  by  one  of  our  number  at  that  interesting  anni- 
versary, but  inasmuch  as  that  will  be  impracticable,  I,  as 
the  dean  of  the  Theological  Faculty  and  as  the  represen- 
tative of  the  oldest  Lutheran  Theological  School  in 
America,  hereby  extend  to  the  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  our  cordial  greetings  and  good  wishes.  We 
celebrated  our  Centennial  in  1897,  and  like  Princeton, 
we  represent  the  old  theology  of  sin  and  salvation.  May 
your  Institution,  which  has  already  attained  such  distin- 
guished prominence  as  a  center  of  Theological  learning, 
continue  to  send  forth  into  the  great  harvest  field  an 
increasing  number  of  men  richly  endowed  and  fully 
equipped  for  extending  the  kingdom  of  our  common 
Lord  and  Saviour. 

Yours  fraternally, 

Alfred  Hiller, 

Bean. 
February  23, 1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  MORAVIAN  COLLEGE  AND  THEOLOGI- 
CAL SEMINARY,  BETHLEHEM, 
PENNSYLVANIA 

The  announcement  of  the  celebration  of  the  one  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  your  institu- 
tion and  the  courteous  invitation  extended  the  above 
named  institution  to  be  represented  on  that  auspicious 
occasion  came  to  hand  in  due  time.  For  various  reasons 
a  reply  could  not  be  sent  ere  this.  At  a  meeting  held  this 
morning,  the  faculty  directed  that  thankful  acknowledg- 
ment be  made  of  the  courtesy  extended  and  elected  the 
undersigned  to  be  its  delegate  during  the  festal  days. 

With  heartiest  greetings  and  hoping  that  the  celebra- 
tion may  mean  all  for  Princeton  that  is  expected  of  so 
interesting  an  occasion, 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

W.  N.  Schwarze, 

The  Resident  Professor. 
May  1,  1912. 


ANDOVER  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
CAMBRIDGE,  MASSACHUSETTS 

The  Faculty  of  Andover  Theological  Seminary  have 
the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  invitation  of  the  Directors, 
Trustees,  and  Faculty  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  to  be  represented  by  a 

£194] 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

delegate  at  the  celebration  of  the  one-hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  establishment  of  the  Seminary  by  the 
General  Assembly,  on  the  fifth,  sixth,  and  seventh  of 
May,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  and  to  state  that  the 
Reverend  President  Albert  Parker  Fitch,  D.D.,  has  been 
appointed  as  the  Andover  representative  on  that  occa- 
sion. 

On  behalf  of  the  Faculty, 

John  Winthrop  Platnee, 

Secretary. 


UNION  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
RICHMOND,  VIRGINIA 

I  write  in  the  name  of  the  faculty  of  Union  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  in  Virginia  to  express  to  the  directors, 
trustees  and  faculty  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America  at 
Princeton,  New  Jersey,  the  thanks  of  our  faculty  for  the 
invitation  to  have  this  institution  represented  by  a  dele- 
gate at  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary 
of  the  establishment  of  your  venerable  school  on  Sunday, 
Monday  and  Tuesday,  the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  of 
May,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  and  to  say  that  the 
faculty  has  appointed  the  Rev.  Thos.  R.  English,  D.D., 
Henry  Young  Professor  of  Biblical  Literature  and  the 
Interpretation  of  the  New  Testament,  to  represent  us  on 
this  interesting  occasion  and  has  appointed  the  Rev. 
Chas.  C.  Hersman,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Professor  Emeritus  of 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Biblical  Literature  and  the  Interpretation  of  the  New 
Testament,  as  his  alternate. 

Sincerely  yours, 

W.  W.  Moore, 
March  8, 1912.  President. 


BANGOR  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
BANGOR,  MAINE 

Will  the  venerated  institution  at  Princeton  pardon  the 
President  of  a  sister  institution,  herself  in  her  ninety- 
sixth  year,  for  this— almost  unpardonable— negligence  ? 

Our  Faculty  accepted  with  appreciation  the  invitation 
for  the  Exercises  of  May  5,  6,  7,  and  named  me  to  be  their 
representative,  and,  alas !  in  extreme  pressure  of  many 
matters,  acknowledgment  and  notification  got  neglected 
and  overlooked.    I  beg  a  thousand  pardons. 

If  I  may  be  forgiven,  and  my  presence  after  such  a 
lapse  will  be  acceptable,  please  send  me,  on  receipt  of 
this,  a  collect  telegram,  and  I  shall  plan  to  be  with  you. 
I  may  have  to  arrive  on  Monday,  but  will  do  my  best. 

This  Seminary  has  much  in  common  with  Princeton ; 
we  are  trying  to  do  a  reasonably  conservative  and  a  dis- 
tinctly constructive  work.  Also,  I  grew  up  in  New  Jer- 
sey, in  one  of  the  Oranges,  and  in  that  neighborhood  my 
ancestry,  from  1685  had  its  life. 

With  sincere  contrition,  I  remain, 

Respectfully  and  truly  yours, 

David  N.  Beach, 
April  30,  1912.  President. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  GENERAL  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

OF  THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

NEW  YORK  CITY 

The  Faculty  of  the  General  Theological  Seminary  con- 
gratulate the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  upon  the  approach  of 
its  Centennial  Celebration  and,  in  response  to  its  gra- 
cious invitation  to  be  represented  on  that  occasion,  have 
appointed  as  delegates  the  Reverend  Arthur  Prime 
Hunt,  M.A.,  B.D.,  Professor  of  Christian  Ethics,  and 
the  Reverend  Dickinson  S.  Miller,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of 
Christian  Apologetics,  in  the  General  Theological  Semi- 
nary. 

Chaeles  N.  Shepard, 

Secretary. 

February  16,  1912. 


AUBURN  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
AUBURN,  NEW  YORK 

Auburn  Theological  Seminary  salutes  the  Theological 
Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America  located  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey ;  and 
presents  congratulations  upon  the  completion  of  one 
hundred  years  of  noble  service  in  the  cause  of  sacred 
learning  and  of  the  Christian  Religion;  and  offers  best 
wishes  for  ever-enlarging  usefulness. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY,  COLGATE  UNI- 
VERSITY, HAMILTON,  NEW  YORK 

The  Faculty  of  Colgate  Theological  Seminary  accept 
with  pleasure  the  invitation  of  the  Directors,  Trustees, 
and  Faculty  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  to  be 
represented  by  a  delegate  at  the  One-hundredth  Anni- 
versary of  the  establishment  of  the  Seminary  on  the 
fifth,  sixth,  and  seventh  of  May.  We  have  appointed 
Prof.  David  F.  Estes,  Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  as  such  repre- 
sentative. 

Sincerely  yours, 

George  R.  Berry, 
Secretary  of  the  Seminary  Faculty. 
February  21,  1912. 


THE  DIVINITY  SCHOOL  OF  YALE  UNI- 
VERSITY, NEW  HAVEN,  CONNECTICUT 

The  Yale  University  Divinity  School  has  received 
with  satisfaction  the  invitation  to  be  present  at  the  cele- 
bration of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America  to  be  held 
on  the  5th,  6th  and  7th  of  May  next.  At  a  meeting  of  its 
Faculty  held  on  February  15th  it  voted  that  Professor 
Williston  Walker  be  the  delegate  of  the  Divinity  School 
on  this  occasion. 

Wishing  you  all  success  and  congratulating  you  on  the 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL   SEMINARY 

approaching  completion  of  one  hundred  years  of  dis- 
tinguished service  in  the  advancement  of  the  Kingdom 
of  God,  I  am,  on  behalf  of  the  Faculty, 
Yours  very  truly, 

Williston  Walker, 

Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 

February  16,  1912. 


THE  ALLEGHENY  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
NORTH  SIDE,  PITTSBURGH,  PENNSYLVANIA 

On  behalf  of  the  Faculty  of  the  Allegheny  Theological 
Seminary  (United  Presbyterian)  I  express  appreciation 
of  the  invitation  to  have  our  Seminary  represented  at 
the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  establishment  of 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  Owing  to  our  com- 
mencement week  being  fixed  for  the  same  date,  it  will 
not  be  practicable  for  any  member  of  the  Faculty  to  be 
present  at  Princeton  on  this  interesting  occasion,  this 
very  much  to  our  regret.  With  the  many  friends  of 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  we  share  heartily  in 
devout  thanksgiving  over  the  eminently  fruitful  history 
of  the  institution  and  in  earnest  prayer  that  the  favor  of 
the  Great  Head  of  the  Church  may  attend  its  work  from 
year  to  year  and  give  it  an  increasingly  prosperous 

future. 

Fraternally  yours, 

John  McNaugher, 
President  of  the  Faculty. 
20th  March,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  NEWTON  THEOLOGICAL  INSTITUTION, 
NEWTON  CENTRE,  MASSACHUSETTS 

The  Faculty  of  the  Newton  Theological  Institution 
have  received  with  pleasure  the  invitation  to  be  repre- 
sented at  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniver- 
sary of  the  establishment  of  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary on  the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  of  May,  nineteen 
hundred  and  twelve. 

They  have  requested  their  President,  the  Reverend 
Professor  George  Edwin  Horr,  D.D.,  to  represent  them 
on  this  occasion  and  bear  their  congratulations  to  the 
Seminary. 


THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY  OF  THE  RE- 
FORMED CHURCH  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES, 
LANCASTER,  PENNSYLVANIA 

In  behalf  of  the  Faculty  of  our  Theological  Seminary, 
I  am  pleased  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  the  invitation 
extended  to  us  to  attend  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary 
of  your  institution.  As  President  of  our  Theological 
Seminary,  I  have  been  chosen  by  my  colleagues  to  repre- 
sent our  Faculty  on  that  occasion. 

I  regret  very  much  that  the  dates  which  are  fixed  for 
your  Anniversary  services  are  the  same  as  those  covered 
by  our  Seminary  Commencement  dates.  Notwithstand- 
ing the  claims  of  our  own  Seminary  upon  my  time,  I 
hope  to  be  able  to  arrange  to  be  present  at  least  part  of 

H2003 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

the  time  set  apart  for  your  One  Hundredth  Anniversary 
services. 

Yours  very  truly, 

John  C.  Bowman, 

President. 
March  8th,  1912. 


LUTHERAN  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
GETTYSBURG,  PENNSYLVANIA 

The  Faculty  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Theological 
Seminary  at  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  beg  leave  to  acknowledge 
the  honor  of  the  invitation  to  be  represented  on  the  occa- 
sion of  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary 
of  the  founding  of  Princeton  Seminary. 

They  have  appointed  me  as  their  delegate,  and  it  will 
give  me  great  pleasure  to  be  present. 

Our  Seminary  (founded  in  1826)  is  under  obligations 
to  your  more  venerable  institution  in  that  our  first  Presi- 
dent, Dr.  S.  S.  Schmucker,  was  educated  in  Theology  at 
Princeton. 

Fraternally  yours, 

J.  A.  SlNGMASTER, 

President. 
March  14,  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  WESTERN  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 

NORTH  SIDE,  PITTSBURGH, 

PENNSYLVANIA 

The  Western  Theological  Seminary  accepts  with  plea- 
sure the  invitation  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary 
to  be  represented  at  the  celebration  of  the  One  Hundredth 
Anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  Princeton  Semi- 
nary. The  Faculty  of  Western  Seminary  has  chosen  as 
its  representative  on  that  occasion  the  President,  Rev. 
James  Anderson  Kelso,  Ph.D.,  D.D. 

William  R.  Farmer, 

Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 
March  7,  1912. 


COLUMBIA  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
COLUMBIA,  SOUTH  CAROLINA 

I  am  directed  by  the  Faculty  of  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary of  the  Synods  of  South  Carolina,  Georgia,  Alabama 
and  Florida,  usually  known  as  Columbia  Theological 
Seminary,  to  express  the  Faculty's  appreciation  of  your 
kindness  in  tendering  an  invitation  to  attend  the  exer- 
cises connected  with  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of 
the  establishment  of  Princeton  Seminary.  The  Faculty 
of  Columbia  Seminary  accepts  the  invitation  and  ap- 
points as  delegate  to  represent  this  Seminary  on  the 
occasion  named,  Henry  Alexander  White,  A.M.,  Ph.D., 
D.D.,  LL.D.,  Professor  of  New  Testament  Literature 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

and  Exegesis  in  Columbia  Theological  Seminary,  and  a 
member  of  the  Class  of  1889  of  Princeton  Seminary. 

Sincerely, 

Henry  A.  White, 
Secretary  of  Faculty. 
February  28,  1912. 


LANE  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO 

The  Lane  Theological  Seminary  acknowledges  the  in- 
vitation to  be  represented  by  a  delegate  at  the  celebration 
of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  establishment  of 
the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
the  United  States  of  America  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey, 
May  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  and 
twelve,  and  has  appointed  the  Reverend  Professor  Ed- 
ward Mack,  D.D.,  as  its  delegate. 


Mccormick  theological  seminary, 
chicago,  illinois 

The  Faculty  of  McCormick  Theological  Seminary  is 
in  receipt  of  the  invitation  to  be  present  at  the  celebra- 
tion of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  establish- 
ment of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary. 

We  take  pleasure  in  accepting  the  invitation  and  shall 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

be  represented  by  the  Reverend  Professor  Andrew  C. 
Zenos,  D.D. 

Yours  very  truly, 

A.  S.  Carrier, 
February  21, 1912.  Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 


HARTFORD  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
HARTFORD,  CONNECTICUT 

The  Faculty  of  the  Hartford  Theological  Seminary 
have  received  the  invitation  of  the  Directors,  Trustees 
and  Faculty  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  that 
they  be  represented  at  the  celebration  of  the  One  Hun- 
dredth Anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary  by  the  General  Assembly. 

The  Faculty  have  appointed  one  who  is  highly  hon- 
ored by  both  Seminaries,  to  represent  them  on  this  occa- 
sion, namely,  the  Rev.  M.  W.  Jacobus,  D.D.,  Dean  of  the 
Hartford  Theological  Seminary,  and  an  alumnus  of 
Princeton  Seminary. 

Yours  sincerely, 

W.  Douglas  Mackenzie, 

March  1st,  1912.  President. 


OBERLIN  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 

OBERLIN  COLLEGE,  OBERLIN, 

OHIO 

Oberlin  Theological  Seminary,  the  Theological  De- 
partment of  Oberlin  College,  accepts  with  pleasure  the 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

invitation  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presby- 
terian Chnrch  in  the  United  States  of  America,  at 
Princeton,  New  Jersey,  to  be  represented  at  its  One 
Hundredth  Anniversary,  the  5th,  6th  and  7th  of  May, 
1912.  The  delegate  representing  Oberlin  Seminary  will 
be  Professor  Kemper  Fullerton,  A.M.  (Princeton),  Pro- 
fessor of  Old  Testament  Language  and  Literature. 
For  the  Faculty, 

G.  W.  Fiske, 

March  16, 1912.  Junior  Dean. 


UNION  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  by  the 
Faculty  of  this  Seminary,  of  the  invitation  to  be  repre- 
sented on  the  occasion  of  the  celebration  of  the  one  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  on 
the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  of  May,  nineteen  hundred 
and  twelve,  and  to  signify  the  acceptance  of  the  invita- 
tion. 

The  Faculty  directs  me  to  inform  you  that  they  have 
appointed   the   Reverend   Professor    Francis    Brown, 
Ph.D.,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  D.Litt.,  President  of  the  Faculty, 
as  their  representative  on  this  occasion. 
Yours  very  truly, 

Charles  R.  Gellett, 

Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 
February  22,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBEATION  OF 

MEADVILLE  THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL, 
MEADVILLE,  PENNSYLVANIA 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Faculty  of  the  Meadville  Theologi- 
cal School  held  on  Tuesday,  March  5,  1912,  it  was  voted 
that  the  President,  Franklin  C.  Southworth,  D.D.,  be 
requested  to  represent  the  school  as  a  Delegate  at  the 
celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  es- 
tablishment of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America  at 
Princeton,  New  Jersey,  by  the  General  Assembly,  on 
Sunday,  Monday  and  Tuesday,  the  fifth,  sixth  and  sev- 
enth of  May,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve.  With  con- 
gratulations upon  the  approaching  event  and  wishes  for 
a  pleasant  celebration, 

I  remain  sincerely  yours, 

Waltek  C.  Green, 

Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 
March  6,  1912. 


WITTENBEEG  COLLEGE, 

HAMMA  DIVINITY  SCHOOL, 

SPRINGFIELD,  OHIO 

I  am  authorized  by  the  Faculty  of  our  Seminary  to 
express  to  you  our  thanks  for  the  invitation  to  send  a 
representative  from  our  school  to  attend  the  celebration 
of  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  Princeton  Semi- 
nary.   I  would  say  that  I  have  been  appointed  to  repre- 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

sent  our  Seminary  at  the  Princeton  Centennial.  If  I  am 
unable  to  be  present,  as  I  now  hope  to  be  in  attendance, 
I  shall  endeavor  to  have  some  one  take  my  place. 

Sincerely  yours, 

D.  H.  Bauslin, 

March  28,  1912.  Dean. 


GERMAN  (EDEN)  EVANGELICAL  MISSOURI 
COLLEGE,  ST.  LOUIS,  MISSOURI 

Will  you,  please,  excuse  me  for  not  answering  sooner? 

The  members  of  our  faculty  have  been  deliberating  on 
the  invitation  of  Princeton  Seminary,  but  as  no  conclu- 
sion was  reached  then,  the  matter  was  laid  aside  for  some 
time. 

We  cannot,  however,  make  arrangements  to  make  it 
possible  for  any  member  of  our  faculty  to  be  absent  just 
at  that  time,  and  so  we  are  sorry  that  we  cannot  send  a 
delegate. 

Yours  truly, 

W.  W.  Becker, 
April  6, 1912.  President. 


ROCHESTER  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
ROCHESTER,  NEW  YORK 

On  behalf  of  the  Faculty  of  this  Seminary  I  beg  to  ac- 
knowledge your  invitation  extended  to  us  to  send  a  dele- 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

gate  to  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary 
of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  We  congratulate 
you  upon  this  event.  We  regret,  however,  very  much 
that  we  cannot  send  a  delegate.  Our  anniversaries  come 
on  the  exact  dates  of  your  celebration. 
I  am, 

Sincerely  yours, 

J.  W.  A.  Stewart, 
Dean  of  the  Faculty. 
March  7,  1912. 


DUBUQUE  GERMAN  COLLEGE  AND  SEMI- 
NARY, DUBUQUE,  IOWA 

Dubuque  German  College  and  Seminary  acknowledges 
the  kind  invitation  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary 
to  participate  in  the  celebration  of  its  One  Hundredth 
Anniversary.  At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Directors,  Dr.  William  Hiram  Foulkes,  D.D.,  of  the  Rut- 
gers Presbyterian  Church,  New  York  City,  was  ap- 
pointed a  delegate  for  this  occasion.  Dr.  Foulkes  is  the 
President  of  our  Board  and,  as  such,  is  qualified  to  rep- 
resent our  Institution. 

With  warm  felicitations  and  sincere  good  wishes  for 
the  continued  prosperity  of  Princeton  Seminary, 
Respectfully  yours, 

William  Graham, 

Secretary  of  the  Board. 
April  25th,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

BERKELEY  DIVINITY  SCHOOL, 
MIDDLETOWN, 
CONNECTICUT 

We  have  received  the  courteous  invitation  of  the 
Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at 
Princeton  to  be  represented  at  the  celebration  of  the  one 
hundredth  anniversary  of  its  establishment;  and  we  de- 
sire to  express  our  thanks  for  the  same.  And  I  have  the 
honor  to  say  that  our  President,  the  Bishop  of  Connecti- 
cut, and  our  Faculty  desire  me,  as  the  Dean  of  the  School, 
to  represent  this  institution  on  that  occasion,  and  that 
I  accept  the  invitation  as  desired. 

Very  truly  yours, 

22  February,  1912.  SAMUEL  HaKT, 

Bean. 

GARRETT  BIBLICAL  INSTITUTE, 
EVANSTON,  ILLINOIS 

It  is  my  privilege  and  honor  to  bring  from  the  Trus- 
tees and  the  Faculty  of  the  Garrett  Biblical  Institute,  at 
Evanston,  Illinois,  our  fraternal  greeting  and  most  cor- 
dial congratulations  to  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America, 
at  Princeton,  New  Jersey. 

We  share  the  pride  of  all  the  Churches  in  the  noble 
record  of  your  hundred  years.  We  acknowledge  with 
keen  appreciation  the  great  work  and  worth  of  your 
Faculty  whose  names  are  in  high  esteem  in  all  our  theo- 
logical schools,  and  whose  contributions  to  theological 
literature  are  prized  by  all  ministers  and  teachers.    The 

£209  3 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

goodly  influences  of  this  Seminary  have  gone  out  into  all 
the  earth  and  have  been  a  noteworthy  power  in  advanc- 
ing the  interests  of  the  Kingdom  of  God.  You  have 
kindly  welcomed  to  your  halls  students  from  all  religious 
denominations,  and  your  genuine  courtesy  has  ever  com- 
manded a  warm  reciprocal  affection.  Your  ample  en- 
dowments, your  extensive  libraries,  your  learned,  able 
and  devoted  teachers,  and  the  inspirations  to  high  schol- 
arship which  suffuse  the  very  air  of  Princeton  have 
brought  unspeakable  blessing  to  three  generations  of  the 
American  people.  Your  gospel-trumpet  has  sent  forth 
no  uncertain  voice.  With  other  Christian  schools  and 
Churches,  we  gladly  join  in  devout  thanksgiving  to  the 
Father  of  mercies  for  the  manifold  blessings  of  the  past, 
and  in  earnest  supplication  that  your  prosperity  and 
usefulness  may  increase  through  all  the  years  to  come. 

Milton  S.  Terry, 
Delegate  representing  Garrett  Biblical  Institute. 


EUREKA  COLLEGE,  DEPARTMENT  OF 
SACRED  LITERATURE,  EUREKA,  ILLINOIS 

It  is  with  great  regret  that  we  find  ourselves  unable  to 
send  a  representative  to  carry  personal  greetings  to 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  on  the  occasion  of  its 
One  Hundredth  Anniversary.  We  must,  therefore,  be 
content  to  wish  for  the  Theological  Seminary  the  great- 
est prosperity  and  usefulness. 

Sincerely, 

Charles  E.  Underwood, 
April  3, 1912.  President. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL   SEMINARY 

REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  THEOLOGICAL 
SEMINARY,   ALLEGHENY,    PENNSYLVANIA 

The  invitation  to  this  Seminary  to  be  represented  at 
the  Centennial  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  has 
been  received.  Possibly  Prof.  Richard  Cameron  Wylie, 
D.D.,  LL.D.,  of  this  Seminary  may  be  present.  Any 
further  communication  you  may  address  to  him,  West 
Mclntyre  Avenue,  North  Side,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Yours  truly, 

D.  B.  Willson, 


Senior  professor. 


February  24,  1912. 


ST.  JOHN'S  UNIVERSITY  ECCLESIASTICAL 
SEMINARY,  COLLEGEVILLE,  MINNESOTA 

We  have  received  your  kind  invitation  to  attend  the 
hundredth  anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  your  es- 
teemed Seminary,  but  regret  that  it  will  be  impossible 
for  us  to  send  a  delegate  at  the  time. 

Wishing  you  continued  success  in  your  field  of  labor, 
I  beg  to  remain, 

Yours  truly, 


Alctjin  Deutsch, 

Rector. 


February  21,  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

ST.  LAWRENCE  UNIVERSITY,  CANTON  THEO- 
LOGICAL SCHOOL,  CANTON,  NEW  YORK 

The  courteous  invitation  of  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  has  been  received.  It  gives  me  pleasure  to 
reply  that  I  hope  and  intend  to  be  present  on  that  occa- 
sion as  a  representative  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of 
St.  Lawrence  University. 

Respectfully  yours, 

Henry  P.  Forbes, 
Dean  of  Seminary. 
February  27th,  1912. 


CHICAGO  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
CHICAGO,  ILLINOIS 

The  Faculty  of  Chicago  Theological  Seminary  accept 
with  pleasure  the  invitation  of  the  Directors,  Trustees 
and  Faculty  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  to 
be  represented  at  the  Centennial  of  the  Seminary  May 
fifth-seventh,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  and  have 
requested  the  Rev.  George  S.  Rollins,  D.D.,  Pastor  of 
the  Hope  Congregational  Church,  Springfield,  Mass.,  to 
represent  us  on  that  auspicious  occasion. 

On  behalf  of  the  Faculty, 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

Clarence  A.  Beckwith, 

Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 
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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

NIAGARA  UNIVERSITY  SEMINARY  OF  OUR 

LADY  OF  ANGELS,  NIAGARA  FALLS, 

NEW  YORK 

President  Edward  J.  Walsh,  of  Niagara  University 
Seminary  of  Our  Lady  of  Angels,  begs  to  acknowledge 
the  favor  of  the  invitation  to  attend  the  Centenary  Exer- 
cises of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  and  to 
render  sincere  thanks  for  the  courtesy.  He  will  not  be 
able  to  accept,  but  he  wishes  a  very  successful  celebration 
on  this  significant  occasion. 

February  29,  1912. 


SEABURY  DIVINITY  SCHOOL, 
FARIBAULT,  MINNESOTA 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Faculty  of  Seabury  Divinity 
School,  March  15,  1912,  the  Reverend  William  Austin 
Smith  of  the  class  of  1898,  now  Rector  of  Christ  Church, 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  was  duly  appointed  as  a 
delegate  to  represent  Seabury  Divinity  School  at  the 
Centennial  Celebration  of  the  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  on  Sunday,  Monday  and  Tuesday,  May  fifth, 
sixth  and  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve.  He  has 
been  notified  of  his  appointment  and  we  hope  that  he 
will  be  able  to  be  present. 

Sincerely  yours, 

Elmer  E.  Lofstrom, 

Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 
March  19,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  MISSION  HOUSE, 
PLYMOUTH,  WISCONSIN 

To  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America,  at  Princeton,  New  Jer- 
sey:—In  Christ  Jesus  dearly  beloved  Fathers  and 
Brethren: 
We  hereby  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  invitation 
to  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Mission  House  to  be 
represented  at  the  celebration  of  the  One  Hundredth 
Anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  the  Theological 
Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America,  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey. 

We  regret  that  causes  beyond  our  control  render  it 
almost  or  quite  impossible  for  us  to  send  a  delegate  to 
take  part  in  the  celebration  in  the  first  week  in  May. 

We  regret  this  the  more,  as  we  cherish  the  most  kindly 
feelings  toward  your  Seminary,  and  owe  a  debt  of  grati- 
tude to  the  great  teachers  of  our  Reformed  faith,  the 
Alexanders,  the  Hodges,  Miller,  Green  and  others,  whose 
writings  have  been  a  source  of  instruction  and  encour- 
agement both  to  our  teachers  and  to  our  students. 

We,  therefore,  most  gratefully  acknowledge  these 
benefits  derived  from  your  Seminary;  and,  in  so  doing, 
we  bespeak  for  you  in  the  new  century,  upon  which,  in 
the  providence  of  God,  you  are  now  entering,  the  bless- 
ing, protection  and  guidance  of  the  triune  God ;  and  we 
trust  and  pray,  that,  in  this  age  of  apostasy,  your  Semi- 
nary may  continue  to  be  a  bulwark  against  the  on- 
slaughts of  the  enemy  that  is  so  violently  attacking  the 
Church  and  the  Gospel  of  our  blessed  Lord  and  Saviour 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Jesus  Christ ;  and  that  your  professors  may  still,  as  in 
the  past,  and  even  more,  if  that  be  possible,  prove  cham- 
pions of  the  faith  which  was  once  delivered  to  the  saints. 

In  the  years  to  come,  our  eyes  shall  still  be  turned 
toward  Princeton,  and  our  ears  shall  hearken  for  the 
public  expression  of  the  sage  Christian  instructions  and 
counsels  delivered  in  your  halls. 

That  the  "Lord  may  bless  you  out  of  Zion,  and  may 
do  to  you  exceeding  abundantly  above  all  that  you  ask 
or  think"  is  the  sincere  wish  of  the  Faculty  of  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  the  Mission  House  of  the  Reformed 
Church  in  the  United  States. 

E.  A.  Hofee,  President, 
Frank  Grether,  Secretary. 

February  23rd,  1912. 

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THE  SOUTHERN  BAPTIST  THEOLOGICAL 
SEMINARY,  LOUISVILLE,  KENTUCKY 

I  am  due  you  an  apology  for  a  serious  oversight.  In 
some  way  the  invitation  to  our  Faculty  to  send  a  repre- 
sentative to  the  celebration  of  the  One  Hundredth  Anni- 
versary of  Princeton  Seminary  was  overlooked.  At  our 
last  Faculty  meeting,  however,  action  was  taken,  ap- 
pointing me  as  our  official  representative  to  the  celebra- 
tion. Asking  your  pardon  for  the  delay,  I  am 
Yours  sincerely, 

E.  Y.  Mullins, 

President. 

April  5, 1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

AUGUSTANA  COLLEGE  AND  THEOLOGICAL 
SEMINARY,  ROCK  ISLAND,  ILLINOIS 

I  desire  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  an  invitation 
from  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Prince- 
ton Theological  Seminary  to  Augustana  College  and 
Theological  Seminary,  to  be  represented  by  a  delegate 
at  the  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  establishment 
of  the  Seminary  by  the  General  Assembly,  on  Sunday, 
Monday,  and  Tuesday,  the  5th,  6th,  and  7th  of  May  next. 
I  would  say  that  our  General  Faculty  has  appointed 
President  Gustav  Andreen,  Ph.D.,  to  represent  our  insti- 
tution on  that  occasion. 

Thanking  you  for  this  invitation,  and  assuring  you 
that  we  highly  appreciate  the  honor  you  have  conferred 
upon  us,  I  am, 

Sincerely  yours, 

E.  F.  Bartholomew, 

Acting  President. 
April  1, 1912. 


CENTRAL  WESLEYAN  COLLEGE, 
WARRENTON,  MISSOURI 

In  reply  to  your  cordial  invitation  to  send  a  represen- 
tative of  our  Theological  Seminary  to  be  present  at  the 
celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  es- 
tablishment of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  I 
desire  herewith  to  express  our  sincere  thanks.    At  the 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

same  time  I  would  express  our  regrets  that  it  will  be 
impossible  for  any  one  of  our  professors  or  officers  to  be 
present.  However  if  it  is  desired,  we  shall  be  glad  to  be 
represented  by  Rev.  F.  J.  Hubach,  Phillipsburg,  New 
Jersey.  He  is  an  alumnus  of  our  school  and  has  both  the 
A.B.  and  the  B.D. 

Thanking  you  again  most  sincerely, 

Very  truly  yours, 

Henry  Vosholl, 
Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 
February  26, 1912. 


LUTHERAN  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
MOUNT  AIRY,  PHILADELPHIA 

The  Faculty  of  the  Lutheran  Theological  Seminary  at 
Philadelphia  hereby  acknowledges  the  receipt  of  an  invi- 
tation to  be  represented  at  the  One  Hundredth  Anniver- 
sary of  the  establishment  of  the  Theological  Seminary 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  at 
Princeton,  N.  J.,  to  be  celebrated  on  the  fifth,  sixth  and 
seventh  of  May,  and  has  instructed  me  to  inform  you 
that  Rev.  Henry  Eyster  Jacobs,  D.D.,  S.T.D.,  LL.D., 
Dean  of  our  Seminary  and  Chairman  of  its  Faculty,  will 
be  our  representative  on  that  interesting  occasion. 

Yours  truly, 

Jacob  Fry, 
Secretary  of  Faculty. 
February  22, 1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

DE  LANCEY  DIVINITY  SCHOOL, 
GENEVA,  NEW  YORK 

The  Trustees  of  the  De  Lancey  Divinity  School  beg  to 
acknowledge  the  courtesy  of  the  most  kind  invitation  of 
the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Theological 
Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United 
States  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  to  send  a  delegate  on  the  occa- 
sion of  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Seminary  at  Princeton,  May  5-7,  1912,  and 
hope  to  be  able  to  send  such  a  delegate,  to  be  appointed 
at  a  later  meeting  of  the  Trustees. 

I  am,  faithfully  yours, 

Thomas  B.  Berry, 
March  1,  1912.  Warden. 


THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  CHICAGO  DIVINITY 
SCHOOL,  CHICAGO,  ILLINOIS 

The  Faculty  of  the  Divinity  School  of  the  University 
of  Chicago  regrets  the  impossibility  of  sending  a  dele- 
gate to  participate  in  the  celebration  of  the  One  Hun- 
dredth Anniversary  of  the  founding  of  Princeton  Theo- 
logical Seminary.  The  Faculty  wishes,  however,  to  ex- 
press its  hearty  felicitations  on  this  occasion,  and  to 
share  in  the  universal  appreciation  of  the  services  ren- 
dered by  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  to  its  denomi- 
nation and  to  the  cause  of  learning. 

Harry  Pratt  Judson,  President, 
April  5, 1912.  Shailer  Mathews,  Dean, 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

ATLANTA  BAPTIST  COLLEGE  DIVINITY 
SCHOOL,  ATLANTA,  GEORGIA 

The  invitation  of  the  Theological  Seminary  to  attend 
the  Celebration  of  its  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  has 
been  received  and  is  deeply  appreciated  by  Atlanta  Bap- 
tist College  Divinity  School.  I  cannot  say  just  yet 
whether  it  will  be  practicable  for  me  to  attend  and  shall 
have  to  write  you  later  more  definitely. 

Sincerely  yours, 

John  Hope, 

President. 
February  17,  1912. 


DREW  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
MADISON,  NEW  JERSEY 

The  Faculty  of  Drew  Theological  Seminary,  recogniz- 
ing the  honor  of  invitation  to  share  in  the  celebration  of 
the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  Establishment 
of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  on  Sunday,  Monday 
and  Tuesday,  the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  of  May,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  twelve,  have  designated  the  Reverend 
President  Henry  A.  Buttz,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  to  represent 
them  and  to  extend  their  most  cordial  greetings  and 
felicitations. 

By  order  of  the  Faculty, 

Chas.  F.  Sitteely, 

Secretary. 
March  1,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

EPISCOPAL  THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL, 
CAMBRIDGE,  MASSACHUSETTS 

The  Faculty  of  the  Episcopal  Theological  School  in 
Cambridge  acknowledge  with  thanks  the  kind  invitation 
of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  and  will  send 
as  their  delegate  to  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth 
anniversary  the  Rev.  Prof.  Henry  Sylvester  Nash,  D.D. 

February  17,  1912. 


CROZER  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
CHESTER,  PENNSYLVANIA 

I  have  the  honor  to  reply  to  the  invitation  to  send  a 
delegate  to  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  that  our 
Faculty  voted  to  send  the  President,  M.  G.  Evans,  D.D., 
thanking  you  for  the  invitation,  and  directing  me  to  com- 
municate to  you  their  action. 

Alvah  S.  Hob  art, 

Secretary. 
February  22, 1912. 


THEOLOGICAL  DEPARTMENT, 
THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  THE  SOUTH, 

SEWANEE,  TENNESSEE 

It  is  with  keen  regret  that  I  find  that  it  will  be  impos- 
sible for  our  Theological  Department  to  be  represented 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

at  your  anniversary  celebration.    I  had  hoped  that  some 
of  us  might  be  able  to  arrange  it. 

With  best  wishes  and  heartiest  congratulations,  I  am 
very  faithfully  yours, 

C.  K.  Benedict, 
Dean  Theological  Department. 
March  20th,  1912. 


THE  GERMAN  THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL 
OF  NEWARK,  NEW  JERSEY, 
BLOOMFIELD,  NEW  JERSEY 

Your  kind  invitation  extended  to  ' '  The  German  Theo- 
logical School  of  Newark,  N.  J."  to  attend  the  one  hun- 
dredth anniversary  celebration  of  the  Princeton  Theo- 
logical Seminary  has  been  received  and  was  duly  sub- 
mitted to  the  Faculty  at  their  regular  meeting  on  March 
4th,  1912.  The  Faculty  have  appointed  the  Rev.  Henry 
J.  Weber,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  Chairman  of  the  Faculty,  to  rep- 
resent our  School. 

Respectfully  yours, 

Charles  T.  Hock, 

Secretary. 
March  7th,  1912. 


PACIFIC  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
BERKELEY,  CALIFORNIA 

Pacific  Theological  Seminary  gratefully  acknowledges 
the  invitation  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  and 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

appreciates  the  honor.  It  regrets  that  by  reason  of  dis- 
tance it  cannot  be  represented  by  a  delegate  on  the  occa- 
sion of  the  one-hundredth  anniversary,  the  fifth,  sixth 
and  seventh  of  May,  and  sends  its  earnest  wishes  for  the 
success  of  that  event  and  the  long  prosperity  of  Prince- 
ton Theological  Seminary. 

March  1st,  1912. 


WOODSTOCK  COLLEGE, 
WOODSTOCK,  MARYLAND 

The  President  and  Faculty  of  Woodstock  College  are 
sincerely  grateful  to  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty 
of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  for  the  honor  of 
their  kind  invitation  to  be  present  at  the  celebration  of 
the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  Princeton's  establish- 
ment, and  regret  that  a  partial  coincidence  with  George- 
town's celebration  and  examination  duties  at  home  will 
prevent  them  from  being  present. 

Wishing  the  Princeton  Seminary  all  the  blessings  of 
heaven  needed  for  a  second  century  of  success,  I  remain, 
Yours  sincerely, 

A.  J.  Maas,  S.  J., 

President. 
April  15,  1912. 


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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY  OF  THE 

EVANGELICAL  LUTHERAN  CHURCH, 

CHICAGO,  ILLINOIS 

The  Faculty  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Evan- 
gelical Lutheran  Church,  at  Chicago,  111.,  acknowledges 
with  pleasure  the  announcement  of  the  One  Hundredth 
Anniversary  of  the  Establishment  of  The  Theological 
Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America  at  Princeton^  New  Jersey,  on  May 
Fifth,  Sixth  and  Seventh,  Nineteen  Hundred  Twelve. 

The  Faculty  has  designated  to  represent  it  on  that 
occasion  The  Reverend  Revere  Franklin  Weidner,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  President. 

By  the  Faculty, 

Alfred  Ramsey, 

March  19, 1912.  Secretary. 

ALFRED  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
ALFRED,  NEW  YORK 

Your  invitation  to  our  Seminary  to  be  represented  at 
the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  Princeton's  establish- 
ment is  gratefully  acknowledged. 

Nothing  unforeseen  preventing,  either  President  B.  C. 
Davis  of  our  University,  or  myself,  will  be  present. 

Meanwhile  accept  our  congratulations  upon  Prince- 
ton 's  great  history,  and  believe  us  to  be, 
Fraternally  yours, 

Arthur  E.  Main, 

February  18th,  1912.  Dean. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

HOWARD  UNIVERSITY,  THEOLOGICAL 

DEPARTMENT,  WASHINGTON, 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

I  beg  to  inform  you  that  the  Rev.  Dr.  Isaac  Clark,  for 
many  years  the  Dean  of  the  School  of  Theology  of  How- 
ard University,  has  been  appointed  to  represent  the 
Board  of  Trustees  and  Faculty  at  the  coming  Centenary 
of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  Princeton. 
Very  sincerely  yours, 

W.  P.  Thirkield, 

President. 
April  13,  1912. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  THEOLOGICAL  SEMI- 
NARY, SAN  ANSELMO,  CALIFORNIA 

The  San  Francisco  Theological  Seminary  has  received 
with  appreciation  the  invitation  to  be  present  at  the  one 
hundredth  anniversary  of  the  founding  of  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary.  It  will  be  represented  on  that 
occasion  by  its  President,  the  Rev.  Warren  Hall  Landon, 
D.D. 

By  order  of  the  Faculty, 

Warren  H.  Landon, 

President. 
February  23,  1912. 


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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

TALLADEGA  COLLEGE,  THEOLOGICAL 
DEPARTMENT,  TALLADEGA,  ALABAMA 

The  Theological  Department  of  Talladega  College  re- 
ceived with  pleasure  the  announcement  that  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  will 
celebrate  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  its  establish- 
ment by  the  General  Assembly,  on  May  fifth,  sixth  and 
seventh,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  and  the  invitation 
of  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Seminary 
to  be  represented  on  that  occasion  by  a  delegate. 

We  regret  that  it  will  not  be  practicable  for  us  to  send 
a  representative  to  the  celebration  of  this  notable  anni- 
versary, but  extend  our  congratulations  to  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  at  Princeton  upon  its  long  and  honored 
service  to  the  Christian  Churches  of  America,  and  pray 
that  for  centuries  to  come  it  may  continue  its  splendid 
career  of  training  men  for  the  Christian  ministry. 

April  1912. 


THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL  AND  CALVIN 
COLLEGE,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN 

Your  kind  invitation  extended  to  our  Faculty  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  Centennial  Celebration  of  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary  was  gratefully  received  and 
brought  before  our  faculty  meeting. 

As  the  secretary  of  our  Faculty,  I  am  instructed  to 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

thank  you  for  the  honor  bestowed  by  your  invitation 
upon  our  young  and  still  small  institution ;  and  to  inform 
you  that  we  have  appointed  as  a  delegate  from  our  school 
Prof.  L.  Berkhof . 

He  will  convey  to  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary 
our  friendly  greetings  and  heartfelt  congratulations. 

May  our  God  bless  your  honored  and  worthy  Institu- 
tion abundantly  in  the  future  for  the  promotion  and 
advancement  of  His  Eternal  Kingdom. 

From  the  Faculty  of  the  Theological  School  and  Cal- 
vin College  of  the  Christian  Reformed  Church  at  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich. 

K.  SCHOOLLAND, 

Secretary. 
March  20,  1912. 


WESTMINSTER  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
WESTMINSTER,  MARYLAND 

In  reply  to  the  invitation  of  the  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  to  send  a  representative  to  the  one  hundredth 
anniversary  of  that  institution,  I  beg  leave  to  notify  you 
that  we  highly  appreciate  the  honor  and  have  expressed 
it  by  electing  the  Secretary  of  our  Faculty,  Rev.  Claude 
Cicero  Douglas,  A.M.,  B.D.,  to  be  our  representative 
upon  that  notable  occasion. 

Sincerely, 

H.  L.  Elderdice, 

President. 
February  22nd,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  TEMPLE  UNIVERSITY,  DEPARTMENT  OF 
THEOLOGY,  PHILADELPHIA 

On  behalf  of  the  Faculty  of  Temple  University, 
Department  of  Theology,  I  extend  to  you  its  felicitations 
upon  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary 
of  the  establishment  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey. 

The  Faculty  also  desires  me  to  thank  you  for  inviting 
it  to  be  represented  at  this  centennial  by  a  delegate,  and 
has  appointed  Professor,  the  Reverend  George  Handy 
Wailes  to  be  present  at  the  exercises. 
Yours  sincerely, 

Walter  B.  Shumway, 
Dean. 
April  22,  1912. 


WESTERN  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
CHICAGO,  ILLINOIS 

The  Western  Theological  Seminary,  at  Chicago,  Illi- 
nois, regrets  its  inability  to  accept  the  kind  invitation  of 
the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  to  be 
represented  on  the  occasion  of  its  one  hundredth  anni- 
versary on  Sunday,  Monday  and  Tuesday,  the  fifth,  sixth 
and  seventh  of  May,  1912. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

Wm.  C.  De  Witt, 

February  23rd,  1912.  Bean. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

UNIVERSITY  OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA, 

MACLAY  COLLEGE  OF  THEOLOGY, 

LOS  ANGELES,  CALIFORNIA 

I  acknowledge  with  cordial  thanks,  on  behalf  of  the 
Maclay  College  of  Theology,  the  invitation  to  be  repre- 
sented by  a  delegate  at  the  celebration  of  the  one  hun- 
dredth annwersary  of  the  establishment  of  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey.  Please  convey 
to  the  directors,  trustees  and  faculty  of  the  Seminary 
our  friendly  greeting  with  the  earnest  wish  that  your  fine 
old  Seminary  may  fill  a  second  century  with  even  more 
good  work  than  has  characterized  its  first. 

We  are  unable  to  be  represented  by  a  delegate  but  are 
happy  to  send  this  greeting. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

E.  A.  Healy, 

Dean. 

May  3,  1912. 


THE  CATHOLIC  UNIVERSITY  OF  AMERICA, 

SCHOOL  OF  SACRED  SCIENCES, 

WASHINGTON,  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

Our  School  of  Sacred  Sciences  acknowledges  the  re- 
ceipt of  the  invitation  of  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary to  the  celebration  of  the  Hundredth  Anniversary 
of  its  foundation.  While  it  will  not  be  possible  for  us  to 
participate  in  that  event,  we  extend  to  all  the  members  of 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Princeton  Theological  Seminary  our  best  wishes  for 
their  personal  welfare  and  we  trust  that  the  celebration 
itself  will  be  all  that  they  could  desire. 
I  remain, 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

Patrick  J.  Healy, 
Dean  of  the  Faculty  of  Theology. 

March  21st,  1912. 


SAINT  LEO  ABBEY, 
SAINT  LEO,  FLORIDA 

My  dear  Mr.  Robinson: 

Your  Church  has  done  much  good  in  America.  Dr. 
Smith,  for  many  years  an  intimate  friend  of  mine  dur- 
ing my  missionary  experience  in  Greensboro,  N.  C,  was 
goodness  itself.  His  death  was  a  great  loss  to  Christen- 
dom. 

Will  you  please  act  as  our  delegate  during  the  Cen- 
tenary Celebration?  Distance  is  too  great  and  I  have 
not  the  time  to  spare. 

I  wish  you  every  success. 

Cordially  yours, 

Rt.  Rev.  Abbot  Charles. 

17  February,  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  SEMINARY  OF  THE  UNITED  NORWEGIAN 

LUTHERAN  CHURCH,  SAINT  ANTHONY 

PARK,  MINNESOTA 

The  Faculty  of  the  Seminary  of  the  United  Norwe- 
gian Lutheran  Church  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  an 
invitation  to  be  represented  at  the  celebration  of  the  one 
hundredth  anniversary  of  the  Theological  Seminary  at 
Princeton,  N.  J. 

We  thank  you  for  the  invitation  and  regret  that  it  will 
be  impossible  for  us  to  send  a  representative. 

We  congratulate  the  Seminary  upon  its  achievements 
for  the  Kingdom  of  Christ  and  wish  it  God's  richest 
blessings. 

On  behalf  of  the  Faculty, 

Carl  M.  Weswig, 

Secretary. 

April  8,  1912. 

PRESBYTERIAN  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
OMAHA,  NEBRASKA 

I  am  writing  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  an  invita- 
tion from  Princeton  Seminary  to  be  present,  May  5-7, 
1912,  at  the  celebration  of  the  One  Hundredth  Anniver- 
sary of  the  founding  of  the  Seminary,  and  to  say  that  if  I 
am  unable  to  be  in  Princeton  at  the  time  it  will  be  a  great 
disappointment  to  me.  There  are,  however,  at  the  pres- 
ent time  serious  obstacles  in  the  way,  principally  the 
closing  exercises  of  our  Seminary  which  extend  so  far 
into  the  preceding  week  that  it  may  not  be  possible  to 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

reach  Princeton  in  time  after  their  conclusion.  We  hope 
our  Seminary  may  be  represented  by  one  of  our  Profes- 
sors at  the  Celebration.  Four  of  the  members  of  our 
Faculty  are  graduates  of  Princeton  Seminary  and  we 
are  very  much  interested  in  this  great  event  in  the  his- 
tory of  our  Alma  Mater. 

Yours  cordially, 

A.  B.  Marshall, 

President. 
February  29,  1912. 


HOUGHTON  WESLEYAN  METHODIST  THEO- 
LOGICAL SEMINARY,  HOUGHTON, 

NEW  YORK 

The  Faculty  of  the  Houghton  Wesleyan  Methodist 
Seminary  accept  with  pleasure  the  invitation  of  the 
Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  to  be  rep- 
resented by  a  delegate  at  the  one  hundredth  anniversary 
of  its  establishment  by  the  General  Assembly.  Prof.  H. 
R.  Smith  has  been  elected  as  this  delegate. 

March  12,  1912. 


PRESBYTERIAN  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

OF  KENTUCKY,  LOUISVILLE, 

KENTUCKY 

In  response  to  the  invitation  extended  our  Faculty  to 
be  represented  by  a  Delegate  at  the  celebration  of  the 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  founding  of  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary,  the  Faculty  appointed  some 
weeks  ago  the  Rev.  Professor  Jesse  Lee  Cotton,  D.D., 
its  representative  and  the  bearer  of  its  greetings,  of 
which  appointment  you  have,  I  believe,  received  infor- 
mation. 

The  Faculty  desire  me,  on  their  behalf,  to  convey  also 
by  letter  their  felicitations  on  this  notable  occasion. 

We  congratulate  your  venerable  institution  on  being 
in  a  sense  "the  mother  of  us  all,"  and  on  your  having 
set  high  standards  for  all  similar  institutions  that  have 
been  established  within  the  past  hundred  years. 

We  congratulate  you  on  the  illustrious  names  that 
adorn  the  roll  of  your  Professors,  whose  piety,  scholar- 
ship, teaching  power,  and  writings  have  carried  the 
name  and  fame  of  Princeton  throughout  the  world. 

We  congratulate  you  on  the  unwavering  fidelity  of  the 
Seminary  to  the  Holy  Scriptures,  the  Reformed  Faith, 
and  the  Presbyterian  Church,  with  which  has  been 
united  a  large-hearted  devotion  to  a  truly  Catholic  Chris- 
tianity and  the  Church  Universal,  so  that  the  Princeton 
theology  and  spirit  are  known  and  honored  in  every  part 
of  Christendom. 

We  congratulate  you  on  the  hundreds  of  young  men 
who  have  been  trained  for  the  ministry  within  your 
walls,  who  have  enriched  the  Church  and  the  world  by 
their  labors,  who  have  served  the  Church  at  home  in 
every  department  of  her  manifold  work,  and  who  have 
preached  the  Gospel  in  every  continent  and  in  the  islands 
of  the  sea. 

We  congratulate  you  on  the  present  prosperity  of  the 
Seminary  with  its  splendid  equipment  and  able  Faculty, 
and  especially  on  the  service  it  is  rendering  the  whole 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Church  of  God  in  the  confirmation  and  defence  of  the 
truth. 

For  the  years  to  come,  we  do  not  know  that  we  can 
offer  any  better  prayer  for  you  than  to  supplicate  the 
grace  of  God  upon  your  great  institution  in  such  measure 
as  to  make  its  future  worthy  of  its  past.  In  company 
with  a  multitude  of  others  in  this  and  every  land,  we 
pray  there  may  be  granted  to  all  connected  with  the 
Seminary  the  unfailing  presence  and  power  of  the  Holy 
Spirit. 

On  behalf  of  the  Faculty, 

Faithfully  yours, 

Charles  R.  Hemphill, 

President. 
May  2,  1912. 


[telegram] 

The  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Presbyterian  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  of  Kentucky,  in  session  to-day  at  Louis- 
ville, send  greetings  and  congratulations  on  Princeton's 
Centennial  Anniversary.  "Peace  be  within  thy  walls 
and  prosperity  within  thy  palaces. ' ' 

Peyton  H.  Hoge, 

President. 
May  7,  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

WESTERN  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
ATCHISON,  KANSAS 

I  have  the  honor  to  inform  you  that  at  a  meeting  of 
the  Faculty  of  the  Western  Theological  Seminary,  held 
in  Atchison,  Kansas,  April  21,  1912,  the  Rev.  Frederick 
G.  Gotwald,  D.D.,  was  chosen  to  represent  the  Institu- 
tion at  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  to  be  held 
at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  May  5th,  6th,  and  7th,  1912. 

Sincerely  yours, 

Holmes  Dysinger, 

Dean. 
April  22,  1912. 


TAYLOR  UNIVERSITY,  READE  THEOLOGICAL 
SEMINARY,  UPLAND,  INDIANA 

We  have  your  kind  invitation  to  be  represented  at 
your  Anniversary  exercises.  Thank  you  indeed  for  the 
invitation,  but  my  engagements  are  such  just  at  this  time 
that  it  will  be  impossible  for  me  to  attend.  Trust  your 
next  hundred  years  may  be  greatly  blessed  of  the  Lord. 
Most  sincerely  yours, 

M.  Vayhinger, 

President. 
February  26,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

TURNER  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY,  MORRIS 
BROWN  COLLEGE,  ATLANTA,  GEORGIA 

Having  been  selected  by  Turner  Theological  Seminary, 
Morris  Brown  College,  to  represent  them  at  the  One 
Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  your 
Seminary,  I  had  high  hopes  of  the  full  enjoyment  of  all 
of  the  pleasures  represented  by  your  very  kind  invita- 
tion, but  at  the  last  moment  I  find  myself  unavoidably 
detained  and  prevented  from  being  present  in  person. 

Permit  me  to  say  that  we  most  sincerely  rejoice  in 
your  remarkable  prosperity  and  successful  round  out  of 
One  Hundred  Years. 

We  view  with  delight  your  long  and  illustrious  line 
of  representative  men  as  Clergymen,  Authors,  States- 
men and  Scholars,  justly  the  pride  of  any  institution  or 
denomination. 

While  we  pray  for  all  of  the  anticipated  pleasures  of 
this,  your  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  occasion,  we  also 
trust  the  coming  century  may  hold  in  store  for  you 
larger  blessings  and  greater  triumphs. 

Again  regretting  my  inability  to  be  present,  I  am, 
Very  faithfully  yours, 

W.  G.  Alexander, 

May  4, 1912.  Bean. 

EUGENE  BIBLE  UNIVERSITY, 

EUGENE,  OREGON 

The  announcement  of  the  hundredth  anniversary  of 
the  Princeton  Theological   Seminary,  to  be  observed 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

from  the  fifth  to  the  seventh  of  May,  and  your  kind  invi- 
tation to  attend  the  celebration,  received.  I  am  author- 
ized to  say  for  the  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Eugene 
Bible  University  that  we  appreciate  this  invitation  and 
kindly  notice.  We  also  honor  the  institution  of  learning 
from  which  this  invitation  comes  for  its  faithfulness  to 
the  Holy  Scriptures  and  to  the  Saviour,  and  for  its 
world-wide  influence  in  behalf  of  evangelical  Christian- 
ity. 

We  regret  that  we  can  not  have  a  representative  from 
our  school  to  be  with  you  at  the  time  you  suggest. 
Most  cordially  and  faithfully  yours, 

Eugene  Bible  University, 

By  E.  C.  Sanderson, 

President. 
February  21,  1912. 


MANCHESTER  COLLEGE,  BIBLICAL  DEPART- 
MENT, NORTH  MANCHESTER,  INDIANA 

The  Biblical  Department  of  Manchester  College, 
North  Manchester,  Indiana,  desires  to  acknowledge  the 
receipt  of  your  invitation  to  be  represented  at  your  one 
hundredth  anniversary  on  the  5th-7th  of  May  next.  We 
wish  to  express  our  thanks  for  your  kind  invitation,  but 
do  not  see  our  way  clear  to  be  represented  by  a  delegate 
on  that  important  occasion. 

May   Princeton    Theological    Seminary   have   many 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

more  years  in  the  training  of  men  for  the  most  impor- 
tant work  in  the  world. 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

S.  S.  Blough, 

Dean. 

March  4,  1912. 


SCHOOL  OF  THEOLOGY,  KANSAS  CITY  UNI- 
VERSITY, KANSAS  CITY,  KANSAS 

The  Kansas  City  University  School  of  Theology 
acknowledges  with  pleasure  the  receipt  of  the  invitation 
from  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Prince- 
ton Theological  Seminary  to  be  represented  at  the  One 
Hundredth  Anniversary  Celebration  of  the  Seminary  on 
the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  of  May,  nineteen  hundred 
and  twelve. 

We  most  heartily  congratulate  you  and  the  Seminary 
on  the  happy  completion  of  one  hundred  years  of  noble 
service  to  the  intellectual  and  spiritual  welfare  of  man- 
kind. The  name  and  influence  of ' '  Princeton ' '  are  vitally 
and  inspiringly  connected  with  the  early  history  of  our 
beloved  country  and  have  done  a  vast  deal  to  shape  and 
conserve  American  ideals,  and  to  give  character  and 
effectiveness  to  missionary  endeavor  in  many  lands,  and 
thus  largely  to  enter  into  the  world's  life  for  its  lasting 
betterment. 

If  possible,  we  shall  be  represented  and  will  ask  the 
Reverend  D.  Baines-Griffith,  of  Spuyten  Duyvil,  New 
York  City,  a  former  instructor  in  Kansas  City  Univer- 
sity, to  be  present  as  our  representative. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

We  join  in  the  prayers  for  multiplied  blessing  and 
usefulness  for  your  splendid  Institution  in  the  years  to 
come. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

Herbert  Taylor  Stephens, 

Bean. 
March  23,  1912. 


WESTMINSTER  COLLEGE,  THEOLOGICAL 
DEPARTMENT,  TEHUACANA,  TEXAS 

The  faculty  of  Westminster  College  regrets  that  it 
will  not  be  able  to  send  a  representative  to  the  celebra- 
tion in  honor  of  the  one-hundredth  anniversary  of  the 
Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America.  We  extend  to  the  Seminary 
our  heartiest  congratulations,  and  hope  that  the  noble 
work  it  has  done  will  be  increased  and  multiplied  in  the 
coming  years. 

Very  truly  yours, 

H.  H.  Price, 

President. 
March  18,  1912. 


VIRGINIA  UNION  UNIVERSITY,  THEOLOGI- 
CAL DEPARTMENT,  RICHMOND,  VIRGINIA 

Permit  me  to  acknowledge  the  courtesy  of  an  invita- 
tion from  you  to  attend  the  one  hundredth  anniversary 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

of  the  establishment  of  the  Theological  Seminary  at 
Princeton.  I  regret  that  it  does  not  seem  possible  for 
any  official  representative  of  the  Theological  Depart- 
men  of  Virginia  Union  University  to  be  present  on  that 
occasion. 

We,  however,  send  most  cordial  congratulations  on 
your  distinguished  work  for  a  century,  and  the  best 
wishes  for  its  continuance  and  enlargement  in  the  years 
to  come. 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

George  Rice  Hovey, 

President. 
14  March,  1912. 


ATLANTA  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
ATLANTA,  GEORGIA 

In  the  absence  of  the  President,  I  write  to  acknow- 
ledge the  receipt  of  your  kind  favor  of  March  twenty- 
fifth.  And  I  am  instructed  to  report  that  the  Delegate 
appointed  to  represent  the  Atlanta  Theological  Semi- 
nary at  the  Princeton  Centennial  in  May  is  the  Reverend 
James  Wilson  Bixler,  D.D.,  Professor  Elect,  Natural 
Theology,  of  New  London,  Connecticut,  who  plans  to  be 
with  you,  bearing  the  greetings  of  our  Institution  on  that 
happy  occasion. 

Very  truly  yours, 

Mrs.  E.  Lyman  Hood. 

April  4,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

MERIDIAN  MALE  COLLEGE,  SCHOOL  OF 

THEOLOGY  AND  EVANGELISM, 

MERIDIAN,  MISSISSIPPI 

In  behalf  of  the  President  and  Faculty  of  Meridian 
Male  College,  and  as  Dean  of  the  School  of  Theology  and 
Evangelism,  I  take  pleasure  in  acknowledging  receipt  of 
your  invitation  to  be  represented  at  the  "  Centennial "  of 
good,  grand  old  "  Princeton  ". 

While  distance  and  date  will  preclude  the  probability 
of  our  being  then  represented  in  person,  our  prayers  are 
with  you  and  our  love. 

Fraternally  yours, 

Joseph  H.  Smith. 

February  21,  1912. 


AUSTIN  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
AUSTIN,  TEXAS 

Please  permit  me  to  convey  to  you  and  to  the  Faculty 
and  Directors  of  Princeton  Seminary  the  thanks  of  the 
Faculty  of  the  Austin  Presbyterian  Theological  Semi- 
nary for  your  kind  invitation  to  attend  the  exercises  cele- 
brating the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  founding 
of  your  great  institution. 

It  would  give  us  a  great  deal  of  pleasure  to  be  able  to 
be  represented  by  a  delegate  on  that  occasion,  but  unfor- 
tunately it  comes  just  at  the  time  of  the  closing  of  our 
own  session  and  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Trustees  of  this  Seminary,  at  which  time,  owing  to 
peculiar  circumstances,  it  is  important  that  every  mem- 
ber of  our  Faculty  shall  be  present  here.  Personally  I 
wish  that  it  were  otherwise,  for  I  should  count  it  not 
only  an  honor  but  a  great  privilege  to  be  with  you  in 
May  and  nothing  short  of  necessity  would  prevent  my  so 
doing. 

Princeton  is  known  and  loved  all  over  the  South  and 
nowhere  more  than  in  Texas,  and  we  wish  for  her  many 
centuries  of  loyal  service  to  our  Lord  and  of  steadfast 
adherence  to  the  principles  of  our  common  faith.  May 
the  great  Head  of  the  Church  crown  her  efforts  with  His 
presence  and  blessing  and  make  her  increasingly  fruitful 
in  the  work  of  the  Kingdom. 

Most  cordially  and  sincerely  yours, 

Robert  E.  Vinson, 

President. 
March  8,  1912. 


PACIFIC  UNITARIAN  SCHOOL  FOR  THE 
MINISTRY,  BERKELEY,  CALIFORNIA 

Pacific  Unitarian  School  for  the  Ministry  accepts  the 
invitation  of  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the 
Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  to 
be  represented  by  a  delegate  on  the  occasion  of  the  cele- 
bration of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  Semi- 
nary's establishment,  on  Sunday,  Monday  and  Tuesday, 
the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  of  May,  nineteen  hundred 
and  twelve,  and  has  appointed  as  its  delegate  the  Rev- 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

erend  William  Sacheus  Morgan,  B.D.,  Ph.D.,  Professor 
of  Systematic  Theology. 

February  20th,  1912. 


THE  SOUTHWESTERN  BAPTIST  THEOLOGI- 
CAL SEMINARY,  FORT  WORTH,  TEXAS 

The  Faculty  of  the  Southwestern  Baptist  Theological 
Seminary  appreciate  very  highly  the  invitation  of 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  to  send  a  representa- 
tive to  the  celebration  of  the  Hundredth  Anniversary  of 
that  honored  institution,  and  I  have  been  honored  with 
appointment  to  represent  our  Seminary  on  that  occasion. 
I  hope  to  be  present  to  join  with  many  others  in  recog- 
nizing the  great  service  that  Princeton  has  rendered  to 
the  cause  of  evangelical  religion. 

Sincerely  yours, 

Albert  Henry  Newman, 
Dean  and  Professor  of  Church  History. 
February  23,  1912. 


CENTRAL  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY  OF  THE 

REFORMED  CHURCH  IN  THE  UNITED 

STATES,  DAYTON,  OHIO 

The  invitation  to  send  a  delegate  to  the  celebration  of 
the  Centennial  of  Princeton  Seminary  was  received  and 
laid  before  the  faculty  of  this  institution. 

I  have  been  instructed  to  notify  you  that  we  greatly 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

appreciate  the  honor  of  this  invitation,  and  that  Rev. 
Prof.  J.  I.  Good,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  at  present  residing  at 
3262  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  has  been  ap- 
pointed to  represent  our  Seminary  on  the  occasion  of 
your  celebration. 

Fraternally  yours, 

Philip  Vollmer, 
Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 
February  21,  1912. 


PACIFIC  EVANGELICAL  LUTHERAN  SEMI- 
NARY, OLYMPIA,  WASHINGTON 

The  Pacific  Lutheran  Seminary  wishes  to  announce 
the  receipt  of  the  invitation  extended  by  your  Honorable 
Body  to  attend  the  celebration,  on  the  5th,  6th  and  7th  of 
May,  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  establish- 
ment by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary at  Princeton,  New  Jersey. 

The  Faculty,  in  the  name  of  the  Institution,  desires 
to  extend  cordial  felicitations  and  hearty  well-wishes, 
and  hopes  that  the  future  will  be  as  prosperous  for  the 
Seminary  as  has  been  the  past. 

The  Board,  however,  regrets  exceedingly  that  adverse 
circumstances  will  not  make  it  possible  to  send  a  repre- 
sentative to  attend  the  festivities. 

Yours  fraternally, 

Armin  Paul  Meyer, 

President. 
April  1,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

SAINT  PATRICK'S  SEMINARY, 
MENLO  PARK,  CALIFORNIA 

The  Faculty  of  the  St.  Patrick's  Seminary  are  very 
thankful  for  the  honor  of  your  invitation  to  be  repre- 
sented by  a  Delegate  at  the  celebration  of  the  one  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary, 
but  regret  to  be  unable  to  send  any  one  to  be  present  on 
the  occasion. 


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RESPONSES  FEOM 
MISSIONARY  SEMINARIES 


ALBERT  ACADEMY,  FREETOWN, 
SIERRA  LEONE,  WEST  AFRICA 

I  wish  to  acknowledge  with  many  thanks  the  invita- 
tion sent  to  Albert  Academy  to  send  a  delegate  to  the 
one  hundredth  anniversary  celebrations  of  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Princeton, 
New  Jersey. 

We  have  elected  as  our  delegate  the  Vice-Principal  of 
Albert  Academy,  the  Rev.  Edwin  M.  Hursh,  A.B.,  who 
is  at  present  taking  special  work  in  Chicago  University. 
His  address  is  332  East  55th  Street,  Chicago,  111.  I  have 
written  to  inform  him  of  his  election  as  delegate  and 
trust  he  will  be  able  to  attend. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

Raymond  P.  Dougherty, 

Principal. 
March  9,  1912. 


ELAT  THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL, 
ELAT,  KAMERUN,  WEST  AFRICA 

In  reply  to  the  kind  invitation  from  Princeton  Theo- 
logical Seminary  to  the  Theological  School  at  Elat,  ask- 
ing representation  at  the  celebration  of  Princeton's  one 
hundredth  anniversary,  we  hasten  to  say  that  our  Theo- 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

logical  Seminary  is  a  very  modest  affair.  The  building 
cost  about  fifteen  dollars;  the  class  now  embraces  six 
Bulu  young  men  and  one  Ngumba ;  the  faculty  consists 
of  the  writer  of  these  lines ;  and  the  subjects  being  taught 
at  present  are  Church  History,  Acts  of  the  Apostles,  Life 
of  Christ,  and  Theology  of  the  Shorter  Catechism.  But 
embryonic  as  we  are  out  here  in  the  bush,  we  believe  that 
our  work  counts  in  the  redemption  of  Africa,  and  we 
are  not  without  aspirations  to  be  useful,  if  not  large. 

We  much  appreciate  the  invitation,  and  would  gladly 
accept  if  distance  and  limitation  of  time  did  not  forbid. 
Speaking  as  a  little  child  to  a  mighty  giant,  we  beg  to 
wish  grand  old  Princeton  another  hundred  years  of 
fruit-bearing.  And  we  take  this  opportunity  to  raise 
again  the  Macedonian  call  for  some  more  of  her  students 
to  come  over  and  help  us. 

With  fraternal  and  prayerful  thoughts  for  Princeton 
in  anticipation  of  those  glad  May  days  of  celebration, 

On  behalf  of  the  Theological  work  at  Elat, 

Yours  sincerely, 

Melvin  Fraser. 

March  25,  1912. 


UNION  THEOLOGICAL  COLLEGE, 
IMPOLWENI,  NEAR  MARITZBURG,  NATAL 

The  Faculty  of  this  Union  Theological  College  feels 
highly  honoured  by  the  invitation  of  the  Directors,  Trus- 
tees and  Faculty  of  your  world-famed  Theological  Semi- 
nary to  be  represented  at  the  coming  celebration  of  the 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

one  hundredth  anniversary  of  its  establishment.    Not 
having  any  one  in  your  country  at  present  to  represent 
us,  we  must  be  satisfied  with  the  expression  of  our  best 
wishes  and  prayers  for  the  success  of  your  celebration. 
Believe  me, 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

Jas.  Luke, 

Principal. 
30th  May,  1912. 


THEOLOGICAL  TRAINING  SCHOOL, 

OGBOMOSO,  SOUTHERN  NIGERIA, 

WEST  AFRICA 

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Your  kind  invitation  for  the  Training  School  of  Ogbo- 
moso  to  be  represented  at  the  celebration  of  your  One 
Hundredth  Anniversary  was  duly  received.  In  the  ab- 
sence of  any  representative  from  our  Theological  School, 
I  send  to  you  our  hearty  congratulations  and  greetings, 
and  trust  that  the  years  of  the  second  century  of  your 
noble  Institution  may  be  crowned  with  even  greater  use- 
fulness and  blessing  than  the  first. 

I  thank  you  personally  for  the  thoughtfulness  and 
missionary  interest  that  lie  behind  the  invitation,  that 
the  great  and  noble  Princeton  Theological  Seminary 
could  find  a  place  on  its  list  of  invitations  for  the  Theo- 
logical Training  School  of  Ogbomoso,  West  Africa. 
Yours  fraternally, 

(Rev.)  George  Green,  M.D. 

April  27th,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

SEMINARIO  THEOLOGICO  DA  EGREJA 

PRESBYTERIANA  NO  BRASIL, 

CAMPINAS,  BRAZIL 

Coming  back  to  the  Seminary,  I  found  the  beautiful 
invitation  which  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton 
has  sent  to  ours. 

The  Faculty  of  this  Seminary  has  elected  the  Rev.  Dr. 
J.  M.  Kyle,  who  for  many  years  has  been  the  Chairman 
of  our  Board  of  Trustees  and  who  had  given  valuable 
help  to  this  institution  when  he  was  here  in  Brazil,  to  be 
our  delegate  at  the  celebration  of  the  Centenary  of  the 
Princeton  Seminary. 

I  remain,  dear  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

Erasmo  Braga, 

Bean. 
March  8th,  1912. 


THE  AMERICAN  COLLEGIATE  AND  THEO- 
LOGICAL INSTITUTE,  SAMOKOV, 
BULGARIA 

The  invitation  of  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty 
of  Princeton  Seminary  to  the  Collegiate  and  Theological 
Institute  of  Samokov,  Bulgaria,  to  be  represented  by  a 
delegate  at  the  approaching  celebration  of  the  centenary 
of  the  Seminary,  has  been  received.  The  Trustees  of  the 
Institute  deeply  appreciate  the  courtesy  and  honor  thus 
extended,  and  at  a  recent  meeting  voted  a  hearty  expres- 

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sion  of  thanks  for  the  invitation.  They  also  desire  to 
congratulate  the  Seminary  on  the  completion  of  one  hun- 
dred years  of  splendid  work  for  the  kingdom  of  Christ 
at  home  and  abroad,  and  to  extend  sincerest  wishes  for 
its  future  growth,  prosperity  and  usefulness.  It  may  be 
interesting  to  state  that  one  of  the  present  Trustees  is 
himself  a  graduate  of  Princeton  Seminary,  Rev.  D.  N. 
Furnajieff,  of  the  class  of  1898. 

The  Trustees  also  selected  as  the  representative  of  the 
Collegiate  and  Theological  Institute  at  the  centennial 
celebration,  Rev.  Lewis  Bond,  for  many  years  a  mission- 
ary of  the  American  Board  in  European  Turkey.  Mr. 
Bond's  present  address  is  No.  720  Kensington  Ave., 
Plainfield,  N.  J.  It  is  hoped  that  he  will  be  able  to  accept 
this  appointment,  and  he  will  be  requested  to  inform  you 
as  to  his  decision. 

With  cordial  and  fraternal  greetings,  I  remain, 
Very  sincerely  yours, 

Robt.  Thomson, 
13  March,  1912.  President  of  the  Trustees. 

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KAREN  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
INSEIN,  BURMA 

To  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey, 
Greeting: 

The  Karen  Theological  Seminary  regrets  that  it  can- 
not be  represented  by  a  delegate  on  the  occasion  of  the 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary,  as  no  member  of  its  Staff  will  be  in  America 
at  that  time. 

March,  1912. 


FATI  THEOLOGICAL  COLLEGE, 
CANTON,  CHINA 

On  behalf  of  the  Fati  Theological  College,  I  write,  at 
this  too  late  date,  to  express  our  cordial  appreciation  of 
your  kind  invitation  sent  to  us  to  send  a  delegate  to  the 
celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the 
establishment  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary. 

At  this  distance  we  were  of  course  unable  to  send  a 
delegate,  but  we  do  not  forget  that  our  Presbyterian 
Mission  in  Canton  has  had  worthy  representatives  from 
Princeton :  in  the  earlier  years,  Rev.  Charles  F.  Preston, 
easily  among  the  first  in  ability  to  speak  the  Chinese  lan- 
guage; Rev.  B.  C.  Henry,  well  known  at  Princeton  as 
elsewhere;  later  Rev.  C.  E.  Patton,  still  with  us;  then 
our  martyred  Peale  whose  short  life  here  left  its  bless- 
ing ;  and  last  Rev.  J.  W.  Creighton. 

We  shall  be  glad  to  have  more  of  your  men. 
Yours  very  sincerely, 

Henry  V.  Noyes. 

June  21st,  1912. 


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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THE  GRAVES  THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL, 
CANTON,  CHINA 

We  send  you  our  sincere  and  hearty  congratulations 
on  the  100th  celebration  of  your  work  for  the  Master. 
We  appreciate  very  much  your  kindness  in  asking  us  to 
send  a  representative  of  our  institution  on  the  happy 
occasion,  but  regret  that  we  cannot  be  present. 

We  pray  that  God's  richest  blessing  may  rest  upon 
your  efforts  to  promote  the  cause  of  our  common  Lord 
and  Master,  Jesus  Christ. 

In  behalf  of  the  Faculty, 

R.  S.  Graves. 


UNION  THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL, 
FOOCHOW,  SOUTH  CHINA 

The  Baldwin  School  of  Theology  and  the  School  of 
the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  in  Foochow,  together  with  that  of  the 
English  Church  Missionary  Society,  have  just  estab- 
lished a  Union  Theological  School.  At  the  last  meeting 
of  the  Board  of  Managers  the  invitations  from  the 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  to  the  Baldwin  School 
and  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  School  were  presented,  and  I  was 
asked  to  write  on  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Managers  to 
convey  our  best  thanks  to  the  Directors,  Trustees  and 
Faculty  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  and  to 
say  that  we  are  asking  Dr.  W.  W.  White,  of  New  York, 
to  represent  this  Union  Theological  School  at  the  cele- 
bration of  the  Centenary  of  the  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  in  May  next. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

With  our  best  wishes  for  a  very  successful  celebration, 
on  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  Union  Theological 
School,  Foochow, 

Yours  very  faithfully, 

H.  M.  W.  Price, 
Bishop  of  the  Church  of  England  in  Fuhkien. 

March  25,  1912. 


NANKING  UNION  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
NANKING,  CHINA 

In  response  to  your  kind  invitation  just  received,  the 
Faculty  of  the  Nanking  Union  Theological  Seminary  is 
asking  the  Rev.  J.  E.  Williams,  of  our  Board  of  Direc- 
tors, to  act  as  our  delegate  on  the  occasion  of  the  one 
hundredth  anniversary  of  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary. We  shall  greatly  appreciate  the  opportunity  of 
being  represented  on  this  auspicious  occasion,  and  join 
in  heartiest  wishes  for  the  future. 

Believe  me, 

Sincerely  yours, 

J.  C.  Gareitt, 
March  22, 1912.  President. 


THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL  OF  SHAOWU, 
FOOCHOW,  CHINA 

Your  kind  invitation  to  the  one  hundredth  anniver- 
sary of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  has  come  to 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

hand,  and  I  wish  to  express  our  appreciation  of  the  high 
honor  conferred  upon  us. 

It  has  long  been  the  day  of  beginnings  in  China,  but 
some  of  our  teachings  are  finding  congenial  soil.  China 
is  not  like  any  other  non-Christian  country.  Only  one- 
tenth  can  read,  but  the  reading  tenth  is  so  distributed 
that  a  very  large  majority  of  the  people  have  near  rela- 
tives who  can  read;  and  the  future  of  China  is  to  a 
peculiar  degree  in  the  hands  of  the  reading  tenth.  There 
is  opening  up  a  commanding  position  for  an  educated 
ministry. 

Rev.  C.  L.  Storrs,  of  our  Station,  is  now  on  his  way 
home  for  a  well-earned  furlough,  and  I  am  forwarding 
your  invitation  to  him.  He  is  worthy  of  double  honor 
for  thorough  work,  both  educational  and  evangelistic. 

As  Shaowu  is  out  of  reach  of  telegraphic  communica- 
tion, we  are  not  permitted  to  reside  there  just  now,  but 
hope  to  be  back  there  soon. 

Very  heartily  yours, 

J.  E.  Walker. 

March  18,  1912. 


ST.  JOHN'S  UNIVERSITY, 
SHANGHAI,  CHINA 

I  am  in  receipt  of  your  invitation,  inviting  St.  John 's 
University  to  send  a  representative  to  attend  the  cele- 
bration of  the  one  hundredth  anniversar}^  of  your  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  and  appreciate  the  courtesy  you  have 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

extended  to  us.  I  have  asked  Dr.  William  H.  Jefferys, 
who  is  now  in  the  United  States,  to  act  as  our  represen- 
tative and  hope  he  may  be  able  to  attend. 

Yours  sincerely, 

F.  L.  Hawks  Pott, 

President. 
March  15th,  1912. 


ASHMORE  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
SWATOW,  CHINA 

The  Faculty  of  Ashmore  Theological  Seminary  beg  to 
acknowledge  your  invitation  to  send  a  delegate  to  the 
celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  We  appreciate  the 
honor  you  do  us,  and  are  asking  Rev.  A.  F.  Groesbeck, 
a  trustee  of  our  Seminary  when  on  the  mission  field,  and 
just  returned  to  the  United  States  on  furlough,  to  repre- 
sent us,  if  possible,  on  that  occasion. 

May  God  continue  to  richly  bless  Princeton  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  in  its  work  of  building  up  and  extending 
His  Kingdom  in  all  the  earth. 

The  Secretary  of  our  Faculty,  a  Chinese  teacher, 
sends  acknowledgment  in  the  usual  Chinese  form. 

In  behalf  of  the  Faculty  of  Ashmore  Theological 
Seminary, 

Wm.  Ashmore, 

President. 

March  21,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

METHODIST  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
COPENHAGEN,  DENMARK 

Though  I  would  have  reckoned  it  a  great  honor  to  have 
been  present  at  your  anniversary  May  5-7,  I  must  de- 
plore not  being  able,  though  I  hope  to  be  in  the  United 
States  at  that  time.  The  duties  of  a  General  Conference 
Delegate  constrain  me  to  stay  in  Minneapolis.  And  any 
other  representation  our  small  school  cannot  afford  to 

send. 

I  congratulate  your  Church  on  its  great  school,  and 
you  on  your  long  and  honorable  record. 

Yours  truly, 

L.  C.  Laesen, 

President. 
February  20th,  1912. 


UNITED  THEOLOGICAL  COLLEGE, 
BANGALORE,  SOUTH  INDIA 

On  behalf  of  the  United  Theological  College  of  South 
India  and  Ceylon,  I  wish  to  express  our  appreciation  of 
the  kind  invitation,  just  received,  to  be  represented  at 
the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the 
establishment  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  on 
the  5th,  6th  and  7th  of  May. 

Our  College  regrets  its  inability  to  send  a  representa- 
tive to  Princeton.    But,  rejoicing  at  the  long  record  of 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

fruitful  service  to   Christ's   Church  upon  which  the 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  is  able  to  look  back,  we 
join  with  its  many  friends  in  all  good  wishes  for  its 
future. 
I  am, 

Yours  truly, 

L.  P.  Larsen, 

Principal. 
March  14th,  1912. 


BAPATLA  NORMAL  TRAINING  SCHOOL, 
BAPATLA,  SOUTH  INDIA 

In  the  name  of  the  Bapatla  Normal  Training  School, 
I  thank  you  for  your  courtesy  in  asking  us  to  send  a 
delegate  on  the  occasion  of  your  celebration  of  the  100th 
anniversary  of  your  great  institution. 

It  gives  me  pleasure  to  inform  you  that  Rev.  John 
Newcomb  is  returning  to  America  and  he  has  kindly  con- 
sented to  represent  us  as  our  delegate.  Please  receive 
him  as  a  brother  beloved. 

We  praise  God  that  your  noble  Seminary  has  been 
permitted  to  do  such  a  great  work  for  the  Master  during 
the  past  one  hundred  years.  May  our  Master  make  you 
more  and  more  to  abound  in  His  work,  since  that  work 
has  not  been,  is  not  and  never  can  be  in  vain,  as  your  his- 
tory so  clearly  proves. 

Our  work  is  the  same  as  yours,  for  we  are  preparing 
in  our  humble  school,  workers  for  the  Master's  vineyard. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

So  we  gladly  join  hands  with  you  on  this  glorious  occa- 
sion, for 

"Ob  nah,  ob  fern, 
Unsere  Arbeit  macht  uns  eins  in  dem  Herrn!" 

Your  co-worker  in  the  Master's  vineyard, 

Geo.  N.  Thomssen, 

President. 
March  18,  1912. 


BAREILLY  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
BAREILLY,  INDIA 

I  have  the  pleasure  to  acknowledge  your  invitation  for 
the  Bareilly  Theological  Seminary  to  be  represented  by 
a  delegate  on  the  occasion  of  the  one  hundredth  anniver- 
sary of  your  Seminary,  and  to  reply  that  the  Trustees 
and  Faculty  of  the  Bareilly  Theological  Seminary  have 
asked  the  Rev.  Thomas  Jefferson  Scott,  D.D.,  of  Ocean 
Grove,  New  Jersey,  who  was  for  thirty  years  the  Princi- 
pal of  the  Seminary,  to  represent  us  on  that  occasion. 
Will  you  kindly  address  any  necessary  correspondence 
to  him  directly  ? 

Wishing  you  abundant  success  in  the  honorable  and 
important  function  for  which  you  are  preparing,  I  am, 

Yours  sincerely, 

W.  A.  Mansell, 

Principal. 
March  14,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  TELUGTJ  MISSION, 

THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 

RAMAPATNAM,  NELLORE  DISTRICT,  INDIA 

The  communication  from  the  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  inviting  our  Seminary  to  be  represented  by  a 
delegate  on  the  occasion  of  the  celebration  of  the  one 
hundredth  anniversary  of  its  establishment  by  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  on  the  5th,  6th  and  7th  of  May,  was  duly 
received  and  appreciated. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  faculty  and  students  of  our  Semi- 
nary, held  yesterday,  it  was 

Resolved:  (1)  To  cordially  thank  the  Directors,  Trus- 
tees and  Faculty  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary 
for  their  remembrance  and  recognition  of  our  institu- 
tion as  well  as  for  the  honor  of  the  invitation  to  be  pres- 
ent on  this  great  occasion;  (2)  To  convey  our  united 
congratulations  to  your  institution  on  this  occasion, 
coupled  with  the  prayer  that  God,  who  has  so  signally 
blessed  the  Princeton  Seminary  in  the  past,  may  con- 
tinue to  do  so  in  the  future  for  His  honor  and  glory  and 
the  extension  of  His  kingdom  in  every  land;  and  (3)  To 
elect  the  Rev.  W.  L.  Ferguson,  D.D.,  a  former  member 
of  our  faculty,  who  happens  to  be  home  on  furlough,  to 
represent  us  on  this  occasion. 

Yours  sincerely, 

J.  Heinrichs, 

President. 


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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

PRESBYTERIAN  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 

SAHARANPUR,  NORTHWEST 

PROVINCES,  INDIA 

In  reply  to  your  invitation  to  the  Presbyterian  Theo- 
logical Seminary  at  Saharanpnr,  to  send  a  delegate  to 
be  present  at  the  100th  Anniversary  of  the  establishment 
of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  to  be  held  on  May 
5th,  6th  and  7th,  1912,  I  write  to  inform  you  that  we 
have  requested  Rev.  Fred  J.  Newton,  an  alumnus  of 
Princeton  Seminary,  and  a  member  of  the  Punjab  Mis- 
sion, which  maintains  the  Saharanpur  Seminary,  to  rep- 
resent us  on  that  occasion. 

Regretting  very  much  that  I  am  unable  to  be  present, 
I  remain, 

Yours  very  truly, 

H.  C.  Velte. 
March  14,  1912. 


SCVOLA  TEOLOGICA  BATTISTA, 
ROME,  ITALY 

Owing  to  a  mistake  at  the  post-office  the  invitation  to 
have  our  school  represented  at  the  great  anniversary  of 
Princeton  only  reached  me  a  few  days  ago,  hence  the 
delay  in  replying  to  an  honour  so  appreciated.  It  is  with 
real  regret  that  I  must  decline  the  invitation  to  be  pres- 
ent on  an  occasion  so  interesting.  I  have  always  had  an 
ardent  admiration  for  the  Princeton  School,  and  a  pe- 
culiar sympathy  for  the  noble  Church  it  represents;  if  I 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

were  not  a  Baptist  I  should  have  to  become  a  Presby- 
terian on  the  spot.  Fortunately,  however,  no  Church  can 
confine  our  brotherly  love  which  goes  out  in  warm  con- 
gratulations from  our  baby  Seminary  to  your  full-grown 
and  stalwart  one.  May  God  grant  Princeton  another 
hundred  years  as  fruitful  as  her  last,  is  the  wish  of 

Yours  fraternally, 

April  25,  1912.  D.  G.  WHITTINGHILL. 


THE  KOBE  THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL, 
KOBE,  JAPAN 

The  Kobe  Theological  School  desires  to  thank  you  for 
the  kind  invitation  to  be  represented  at  the  celebration 
of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  establishment 
of  Princeton  Seminary.  We  regret  that  it  will  be  im- 
possible for  us  to  send  a  delegate  on  that  occasion.  But 
we  wish  to  congratulate  you  on  the  splendid  history  of 
your  institution,  and  to  rejoice  with  you  in  view  of  all 
that  has  been  accomplished  by  her  for  the  advance  of 
Christ's  Kingdom  during  the  past  hundred  years.  Also 
we  pray  that  under  the  blessing  of  God  you  may  have  an 
even  more  successful  future— a  future  in  which  you  may 
continue,  as  during  the  past  century,  to  witness  with 
power  for  the  ' '  faith  once  delivered  to  the  saints. ' ' 

Praying  God's  richest  blessing  upon  your  Seminary, 
we  are, 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

Kobe  Theological  School, 

S.  P.  Fulton, 
April  4th,  1912.  Principal. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL  OF  THE  KWANSEI 
GAKUIN,  KOBE,  JAPAN 

In  response  to  the  kind  invitation  to  the  Theological 
School  of  the  Kwansei  Gakuin  to  be  represented  by  a 
delegate  at  your  centennial  celebration  in  May,  this 
year,  I  have  the  honor  to  inform  you  that  we  have  re- 
quested the  Rev.  S.  E.  Hager,  formerly  a  professor  in 
our  Theological  School  and  now  in  America  on  furlough, 
to  represent  us  on  that  occasion. 

Thanking  you  for  the  invitation  and  hoping  that  our 
delegate  will  attend,  I  am, 

Sincerely  yours, 

Thos.  H.  Haden, 

Dean. 
March  25,  1912. 


THE  DOSHISHA  THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL, 
KYOTO,  JAPAN 

The  Doshisha  Theological  School  at  Kyoto,  Japan,  ac- 
knowledges with  appreciation  the  invitation  to  attend 
by  delegate  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the 
establishment  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America  at 
Princeton,  New  Jersey,  on  Sunday,  Monday  and  Tues- 
day, the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  of  May,  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  twelve;  and  hereby  introduces  the  Reverend 
George  M.  Rowland,  D.D.,  of  Sapporo,  Japan,  now  in 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

the  United  States,  as  its  delegate  by  vote  of  the  Faculty, 
March  fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve. 

Tasuku  Harada, 

President. 
March  16, 1912. 


NORTH  JAPAN  COLLEGE, 
SENDAI,  JAPAN 

The  Board  of  Directors  of  North  Japan  College  appre- 
ciates greatly  the  honor  of  being  invited  to  be  repre- 
sented by  a  delegate  at  the  celebration  of  the  one  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  and  in- 
structs me  in  its  name  to  accept  with  thanks  the  invita- 
tion and  to  say  that  Professor  Teizaburo  Demura,  A.M., 
Dean  of  the  Higher  Department  of  North  Japan  Col- 
lege, has  been  authorized  to  represent  our  institution  at 
the  celebration.  His  address  is  No.  12  Divinity  Hall, 
Cambridge,  Mass. 

With  heartfelt  wishes  for  the  success  of  the  celebra- 
tion, and  for  the  continued  prosperity  and  usefulness  of 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  I  have  the  honor  to 
subscribe  myself, 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

David  B.  Schneder, 

President. 
March  21st,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

JAPAN  BAPTIST  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
TOKYO,  JAPAN 

In  accordance  with  your  very  kind  invitation,  at  a 
faculty  meeting  held  this  morning,  we  elected  Prof. 
Chas.  B.  Tenney,  of  the  New  Testament  Department,  to 
be  our  representative  at  the  celebration  of  the  100th 
anniversary  of  the  founding  of  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary. 

On  behalf  of  the  faculty  of  the  Japan  Baptist  Theo- 
logical Seminary, 

W.  B.  Parshley, 

March  6th,  1912.  President. 

MEIJI  GAKUIN,  TOKYO,  JAPAN 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  Meiji  Gakuin  has  ap- 
pointed us  to  reply  to  the  courteous  invitation  to  Meiji 
Gakuin  to  appoint  a  delegate  to  represent  it  on  the  occa- 
sion of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  establish- 
ment of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  Were  it  not 
for  the  great  distance,  it  would  be  a  great  pleasure  to 
accept  the  invitation. 

We  congratulate  Princeton  on  the  great  work  which 
it  has  done  for  the  Kingdom  of  God  in  the  past,  and  pray 
that  its  future  may  give  even  greater  cause  for  thanks- 
giving. In  particular  we  desire  to  express  our  gratitude 
for  what  it  has  contributed  through  so  many  of  its  gradu- 
ates to  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Japan. 

Sincerely  yours, 

Kajinostjke  Ibtjea, 

March  6th,  1912.  WlLLIAM  IMBRIE. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

COLEGIO  INTERNACIONAL, 
GUADALAJARA,  MEXICO 

We  feel  highly  honored  by  the  unexpected  invitation 
to  send  a  delegate  to  the  centennial  of  Princeton  Semi- 
nary. Although  there  has  been  no  personal  or  official 
connection  between  this  school  and  the  Seminary,  edu- 
cators in  all  parts  of  the  world  must  have  an  interest  and 
pride  in  the  splendid  achievement  and  priceless  service 
rendered  to  the  church  and  the  world  by  your  institu- 
tion. So  we  gladly  accept  your  gracious  invitation  and 
name  as  delegate  to  represent  our  humble  establishment 
on  the  memorable  occasion  the  Rev.  A.  C.  Wright,  for- 
merly associate  principal  of  the  "Colegio  Internacional' ' 
of  Guadalajara.  He  is  now  pursuing  especial  studies  in 
Hartford  Theological  Seminary.  Should  he  be  able  to 
attend  the  celebration  he  will  notify  you  opportunely. 

Thanking  you  for  the  unmerited  consideration,  I 
remain, 

Yours  very  truly, 

John  Howland. 

February  21,  1912. 


THEOLOGICAL  DEPARTMENT, 
URITMIA  COLLEGE,  URUMIA,  PERSIA 

I  had  the  pleasure  recently  to  receive  your  kind  invi- 
tation to  be  present  at  the  one  hundredth  Anniversary  of 
the  founding  of  Princeton  Seminary,  next  May. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

I  regret  exceedingly  my  inability  to  be  present  with 
you  all  on  such  a  memorable  occasion,  and  confess  it  is 
a  deep  disappointment,  especially  as  my  furlough  comes 
this  year.  But  our  own  Theological  Department  does 
not  close  until  a  date  too  late  to  admit  of  any  possibility 
of  being  there. 

I  take  pleasure,  however,  in  appointing  the  Rev. 
R.  M.  Labaree  as  delegate  from  the  Theological  Depart- 
ment of  Urumia  College,  and  have  advised  him  of  the 
same.  He  left  for  the  United  States  nearly  a  month  ago 
and  is  to  be  congratulated  on  the  opportunity  of  being 
there  with  you  at  this  time. 

I  shall  think  of  you  all  those  days  and  hope  they  may 
be  fraught  with  great  good  for  the  dear  old  Seminary. 

Sincerely  yours, 

Fred'k  G.  Coan. 

March  29th,  1912. 


ILOILO  BIBLE  SCHOOL, 
ILOILO,  PHILIPPINE  ISLANDS 

The  invitation  to  attend  the  one  hundredth  anniver- 
sary of  the  establishment  of  the  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  is  at  hand  today.  The  Iloilo  Bible  School  ap- 
preciates the  honor  of  being  invited,  and  regrets  that  cir- 
cumstances make  it  impossible  to  accept  the  invitation. 
Yours  very  truly, 

Henry  Weston  Munger, 

Assistant  Principal. 
March  25,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  PRESBYTERIAN  THEOLOGICAL  TRAIN- 
ING SCHOOL,  MAYAGUEZ,  PORTO  RICO 

The  Presbyterian  Theological  Training  School,  the 
youngest  daughter  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary, 
sends  greetings  on  the  occasion  of  the  One  Hundredth 
Anniversary  of  the  Founding  of  the  Seminary,  and  re- 
grets that  no  one  can  be  present  at  that  joyous  time  to 
represent  this  school. 

James  Alexander  McAllister, 

President. 
April,  1912. 


PRESBYTERIAN  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
BEIRUT,  SYRIA 


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We  have  recently  received  the  invitation  to  the  100th 
anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  the  Princeton  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  and  I  have  the  great  pleasure  of  writ- 
ing of  the  same  to  all  the  members  of  our  Mission. 
Seeing  that  there  are  two  members  of  our  Theological 
Faculty  in  the  United  States,  we  shall  have  great  plea- 
sure in  requesting  one  of  them  to  represent  us  at  this 
great  gathering,  and  just  as  soon  as  I  can  secure  answers 
to  a  circular  vote  which  I  am  sending  round  the  Mission, 
I  will  give  you  the  name  and  address  of  our  delegate. 

It  will  interest  you  to  know  that  we  are  about  taking 
a  good  step  forward  in  the  matter  of  theological  training 
here  in  Syria.    We  are  erecting  a  new  building  at  a  cost 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

of  $12,000  and,  nothing  preventing,  hope  to  assemble  a 
good  class  this  coming  fall.  Our  present  Faculty  will 
consist  of  Rev.  O.  J.  Hardin,  Rev.  F.  W.  March,  Rev. 
George  Ford,  D.D.,  and  myself,  together  with  some  na- 
tive instructors  and  lecturers  from  the  Faculty  of  the 
Syrian  Protestant  College  and  neighboring  Missions. 
While  under  the  care  of  the  Presbyterian  Mission,  we 
hope  to  make  the  enterprise  inter-denominational  and 
as  far  as  possible  supply  the  needs  of  a  number  of  mis- 
sionary enterprises  at  work  in  the  Levant. 

Very  cordially  and  sincerely  yours, 

Fkanklin  E.  Hoskins, 
Stated  Clerk  to  the  Syria  Mission. 
March  14,  1912. 


MARASH  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
MARASH,  TURKEY-IN-ASIA 

Let  me  acknowledge  with  gratitude,  on  behalf  of 
Marash  Theological  Seminary,  the  invitation  of  the  Di- 
rectors, Trustees  and  Faculty  of  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  with  reference  to  the  one  hundredth  anniver- 
sary of  the  latter.  It  is  our  hope  that  Rev.  W.  N.  Cham- 
bers, D.D.,  of  Adana,  recently  honored  with  the  degree 
of  D.D.  by  Princeton  University,  will  be  able  to  be  pres- 
ent as  our  delegate. 

Yours  sincerely, 

Feed  Field  Goodsell. 

March  11th,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

WESTERN  TURKEY  THEOLOGICAL 
SEMINARY,  MARSOVAN,  TURKEY-IN-ASIA 

Your  invitation  to  the  Western  Turkey  Theological 
Seminary  to  be  represented  at  the  one  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  establishment  of  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary has  duly  come  to  hand.  We  have  taken  action 
requesting  our  former  associate,  Rev.  George  F.  Her- 
rick,  D.D.,  for  many  years  a  member  of  this  Mission  Sta- 
tion, and  one  of  the  faculty  of  the  Theological  Seminary, 
but  now  in  America  on  furlough,  to  act  as  our  representa- 
tive on  your  centennial  occasion.  I  am  writing  him  direct 
and  we  hope  very  much  that  he  may  be  able  to  be  pres- 
ent. He  certainly  will  be  an  able  representative  of  our 
Seminary  if  he  can  attend  your  exercises. 

We  congratulate  you  on  the  great  work  done  by  the 
Seminary.  Rev.  T.  A.  Elmer,  one  of  our  present  teach- 
ers, is  a  graduate  of  Princeton  College  and  Seminary, 
and  Rev.  Edward  Riggs,  D.D.,  for  many  years  one  of 
our  leading  instructors  in  the  Seminary,  was  a  graduate 
of  Princeton  College. 

Sincerely  yours, 

G.  E.  White. 

March  2,  1912. 


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RESPONSES  FROM 
UNIVERSITIES  AND  COLLEGES 


THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  OF 
PRINCETON  UNIVERSITY 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Univer- 
sity tender  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  their  cordial  appreciation  of  the  invita- 
tion extended  to  them  so  courteously  through  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Seminary  in  person, 
to  attend  the  Centennial  Exercises  of  the  Seminary,  to 
be  held  on  the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  days  of  May,  next, 
and  hereby  accept  the  invitation  so  extended ;  and  be  it 
further 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  hereby  tender  to  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  for  the  Centennial  Exercises  the  use  of 
Alexander  Hall  for  the  Celebration,  and  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  a  delegation  be  appointed  from  the 
Trustees  to  represent  this  Board  at  the  Celebration. 

In  accordance  with  the  third  resolution,  the  President 
of  the  University,  pro  tempore,  appointed  as  a  delega- 
tion to  represent  the  Board  at  the  Centennial  Exercises 
of  the  Theological  Seminary,  Hon.  William  J.  Magie, 
Rev.  Dr.  Simon  J.  McPherson,  Hon.  Bayard  Henry, 
Mr.  James  W.  Alexander,  Mr.  Robert  Garrett. 

Chas.  W.  McAlpin, 

Secretary. 


DALHOUSIE  UNIVERSITY, 
HALIFAX,  NOVA  SCOTIA 

The  Senate  of  Dalhousie  University  wish  to  acknow- 
ledge with  many  thanks  the  favour  of  the  invitation 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

from  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  to 
take  part  in  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  establishment  of  the  Seminary. 

We  regret  very  much  that  we  have  not  been  able  at 
an  earlier  date  to  name  our  delegate  for  that  occasion. 
I  now  have  the  honour  to  inform  you  that  the  Reverend 
M.  J.  MacLeod,  of  the  Collegiate  Church,  New  York,  has 
found  it  possible  to  represent  us,  and  he  will  convey  to 
you  the  felicitations  of  this  University  on  this  occasion 
of  rejoicing. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be, 

Very  faithfully  yours, 

A.  Stanley  Mackenzie, 
May  1, 1912.  President. 


THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  TORONTO, 
TORONTO,  CANADA 

I  have  asked  the  Rev.  Professor  Kerr  D.  Macmillan, 
B.A.,  who  is  on  your  staff,  to  represent  the  University 
of  Toronto  at  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  establishment  of  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary of  Princeton.  Mr.  Macmillan  is  a  graduate  of  the 
University  of  Toronto  and  is  thus  fully  competent  to 
represent  us. 

Yours  sincerely, 

Robt.  A.  Falconer, 

President. 
March  6th,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

HARVARD  UNIVERSITY, 
CAMBRIDGE,  MASSACHUSETTS 

Harvard  University  accepts  with  pleasure  the  invita- 
tion of  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Prince- 
ton, New  Jersey,  to  the  celebration  of  the  one-hundredth 
anniversary  of  its  establishment,  to  be  held  on  the  fifth, 
sixth  and  seventh  of  May,  1912,  and  has  appointed  Wil- 
liam Wallace  Fenn,  Bussey  Professor  of  Theology,  and 
Dean  of  the  Faculty  of  Divinity,  as  its  delegate  on  that 
occasion. 

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YALE  UNIVERSITY, 
NEW  HAVEN,  CONNECTICUT 

I  have  the  honor  to  inform  you  that  Professor  Wil- 
liston  Walker  has  been  appointed  the  delegate  of  Yale 
University  at  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the 
establishment  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary, 
which  is  to  be  celebrated  on  Sundaj^,  Monday  and  Tues- 
day, the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  of  May,  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  twelve. 

Very  truly  yours, 

Edwin  Rogers  Imbrie, 

Acting  for  the  Absent  Secretary. 
March  4,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

UNIVERSITY  OF  PENNSYLVANIA, 
PHILADELPHIA,  PENNSYLVANIA 

It  gives  me  pleasure  to  advise  you  that  the  official  rep- 
resentative of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  at  the  one 
hundredth  anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  to  be  held  on  the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh 
of  May,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  will  be  Professor 
James  Alan  Montgomery,  Ph.D.,  S.T.D. 

With  best  wishes  for  a  happy  reunion  on  the  part  of 
the  friends  of  the  Seminary,  I  am, 

Yours  sincerely, 

Edgar  F.  Smith, 

Provost. 

February  26th,  1912. 


BROWN  UNIVERSITY, 
PROVIDENCE,  RHODE  ISLAND 

In  accordance  with  your  invitation  I  have  appointed 
Professor  Henry  T.  Fowler,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Bibli- 
cal Literature  in  Brown  University,  to  represent  us  at 
the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  Princeton  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  on  the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  of  May.  I 
know  that  he  cannot  be  present  all  three  days,  but  he  will 
endeavor  to  be  present  as  long  as  possible,  selecting  the 
most  favorable  time  after  the  full  program  is  sent  him. 

Brown  University  joins  with  all  other  institutions  of 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

learning  in  congratulating  the  Seminary  on  its  notable 
anniversary. 

Sincerely  yours, 

W.  H.  P.  Fattnce, 

President. 

February  29th,  1912. 


RUTGERS  COLLEGE, 
NEW  BRUNSWICK,  NEW  JERSEY 

The  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  Rutgers  College  accept 
with  appreciation  the  invitation  of  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  to  be  represented  by  a 
delegate  at  the  celebrating  of  the  one  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  establishment  of  the  Seminary  on  the 
fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  of  May,  nineteen  hundred  and 
twelve. 

February  19th,  1912. 


DARTMOUTH  COLLEGE, 
HANOVER,  NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

Pray  allow  me,  in  behalf  of  Dartmouth  College,  to 
acknowledge  with  appreciation  the  receipt  of  an  invita- 
tion from  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  to  the  Col- 
lege, to  send  a  delegate  to  the  celebration  of  the  one  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  the  Seminary. 

The  College  has  appointed  the  Reverend  Benjamin 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Tenney  Marshall,  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  New  Rochelle,  New  York,  to  represent  it  on 
this  occasion. 

Yours  with  sincere  respect, 

Ernest  Fox  Nichols, 

President. 

3rd  April,  1912. 


WASHINGTON  AND  LEE  UNIVERSITY, 
LEXINGTON,  VIRGINIA 

In  reply  to  the  invitation  of  the  Directors,  Trustees, 
and  Faculty  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America, 
Princeton,  N.  J.,  to  take  part  in  the  celebration  of  the 
one  hundredth  anniversary  of  its  establishment  by  the 
General  Assembly,  the  Faculty  of  Washington  and  Lee 
University  has  appointed  as  its  delegate  Rev.  Dr.  James 
Robert  Howerton,  Professor  of  Philosophy,  to  represent 
Washington  and  Lee  University  on  that  occasion. 

Yours  very  truly, 

H.  D.  Campbell, 

February  20,  1912.  Dean. 


DICKINSON  COLLEGE, 
CARLISLE,  PENNSYLVANIA 

The  President  and  Faculty  of  Dickinson  College  ac- 
knowledge with  appreciation  the  invitation  of  the  Theo- 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY  ♦ 

logical  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  to 
attend  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  its  establish- 
ment on  the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  of  May,  nineteen 
hundred  and  twelve,  and  have  designated  the  president 
of  the  College,  Eugene  Allen  Noble,  L.H.D.,  as  its  ac- 
credited representative  on  this  occasion,  which  calls  for 
congratulation  and  thanksgiving. 

February  29th,  1912. 


HAMPDEN-SIDNEY  COLLEGE, 

HAMPDEN-SIDNEY, 

VIRGINIA 

I  beg  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  very  cour- 
teous invitation  to  Hampden- Sidney  College  to  be  repre- 
sented at  the  Centennial  Celebration  of  your  venerable 
Seminary.  It  would  afford  me  personally  very  especial 
gratification  to  be  present  on  that  happy  occasion,  inas- 
much as  the  honored  founder  of  your  Seminary,  Dr. 
Archibald  Alexander,  had  filled  with  distinction  the 
presidency  of  this  College.  I  am  satisfied  that  it  was  the 
ability  demonstrated  and  the  reputation  achieved  as 
President  of  Hampden-Sidney  College  that  pointed  him 
out  as  the  logical  man  to  take  charge  of  the  proposed 
Theological  School  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey.  At  any 
rate,  our  institutions  are  certainly  very  closely  linked  in 
this  way. 

We  have  appointed  the  Rev.  W.  Creighton  Campbell, 
D.D.,  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Roanoke, 
Virginia,  as  the  representative  of  Hampden-Sidney  Col- 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

lege  at  your  approaching  Centennial.  Dr.  Campbell  is 
an  alumnus  of  the  College,  a  member  of  our  Board  of 
Trustees,  and  one  of  the  prominent  ministers  of  our  Vir- 
ginia Synod.  He  will  probably  be  present  throughout 
the  entire  Centennial  Exercises.  I  regret  that  I  cannot 
be  present  in  person  and  have  a  share  in  these  impressive 
exercises. 
With  very  kind  regards,  I  am, 

Cordially  yours, 

H.  Tucker  Graham, 

President. 
February  23,  1912. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA, 
CHAPEL  HILL,  NORTH  CAROLINA 

The  faculty  of  the  University  of  North  Carolina  ap- 
preciate the  invitation  to  send  a  delegate  to  the  celebra- 
tion of  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary. 

We  regret  that  it  will  be  impracticable  to  send  a  dele- 
gate on  that  occasion,  but  wish  to  tender  our  congratu- 
lations on  the  completion  of  these  hundred  years  of  use- 
ful service  and  to  give  expression  to  our  best  wishes  for 
the  future  welfare  and  prosperity  of  the  institution. 
Very  truly  yours, 

Francis  P.  Venable, 

President. 
February  27, 1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

WILLIAMS  COLLEGE, 
WILLIAMSTOWN,  MASSACHUSETTS 

On  behalf  of  Williams  College,  I  beg  to  acknowledge 
receipt  of  the  very  courteous  invitation  of  the  Directors, 
Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Seminary  to  send  a  delegate 
to  attend  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  estab- 
lishment of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  I  have 
communicated  with  Dr.  William  Rankin,  our  oldest  liv- 
ing graduate,  now  a  resident  of  Princeton,  and  am  in 
receipt  of  a  letter  from  his  son  stating  that  it  will  give 
his  father  pleasure  to  serve  as  a  delegate  on  that  occasion. 
Very  sincerely  yours, 

H.  A.  Garfield. 

President. 
April  11,  1912. 


UNION  UNIVERSITY, 
SCHENECTADY,  NEW  YORK 

Union  University  takes  pleasure  in  appointing  the 
Rev.  Charles  Alexander  Richmond,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Presi- 
dent of  Union  College  and  Chancellor  of  Union  Univer- 
sity, as  the  official  delegate  at  the  celebration  of  the  one 
hundredth  anniversary  of  the  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  on  the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  of  May,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  twelve. 

April  4th,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

MIDDLEBURY  COLLEGE, 
MIDDLEBURY,  VERMONT 

I  beg  to  acknowledge  the  kind  invitation  of  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary  to  the  one  hundredth  anniversary 
of  its  establishment  on  May  5th,  6th,  and  7th.  We  ap- 
preciate the  courtesy  of  your  invitation  and  shall  wish 
to  be  represented  at  the  anniversary  exercises. 

I  am  asking  Rev.  Charles  E.  Hesselgrave,  Ph.D.,  pas- 
tor of  the  Stanley  Congregational  Church,  Chatham, 
New  Jersey,  and  a  graduate  of  Middlebury  College  in 
the  class  of  1893,  to  represent  Middlebury  College  at 
your  centennial.  Faithfully  yours, 


John  M.  Thomas, 

President. 


March  8,  1912. 


WASHINGTON  AND  JEFFERSON  COLLEGE, 
WASHINGTON,  PENNSYLVANIA 

I  have  been  appointed  by  the  Faculty  of  Washington 
and  Jefferson  College  to  attend  the  Centennial  Celebra- 
tion of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  May  fifth,  sixth 
and  seventh,  and  it  is  my  intention  to  be  present. 

Yours  truly, 

J.  D.  Moffat, 

President. 

April  24,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

MIAMI  UNIVERSITY, 
OXFORD,  OHIO 

Miami  University  regrets  that  it  will  be  impossible  to 
accept  the  invitation  of  the  Directors,  Trustees  and 
Faculty  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  to  be 
represented  at  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  its  es- 
tablishment by  the  General  Assembly,  on  Sunday,  Mon- 
day and  Tuesday,  the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  of  May, 
nineteen  hundred  and  twelve. 


COLUMBIA  UNIVERSITY, 
IN  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK 

I  am  directed  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  to  say  in  reply 
to  your  courteous  invitation  for  Columbia  University  to 
be  represented  at  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the 
establishment  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  that 
the  invitation  is  accepted  with  thanks,  and  that  the  Uni- 
versity will  be  represented  by  Dickinson  S.  Miller,  Ph.D., 
Professor  of  Philosophy,  and  Raymond  C.  Knox,  B.D., 
Chaplain  of  the  University. 

Very  truly  yours, 

Frank  D.  Fackenthal, 
Secretary. 
March  21,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

UNIVERSITY  OF  PITTSBURGH, 
PITTSBURGH,  PENNSYLVANIA 

On  behalf  of  the  University  of  Pittsburgh,  I  wish  to 
acknowledge  receipt  of  the  invitation  to  attend  the  cele- 
bration of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America  at 
Princeton,  New  Jersey.  The  University  of  Pittsburgh 
extends  its  hearty  congratulations  to  the  Seminary  on  its 
long  and  useful  career  of  noble  service,  and  wishes  for  it 
many  more  years  of  enlarged  influence  and  power. 

The  representative  of  the  University  of  Pittsburgh 
will  be  S.  B.  Linhart,  A.M.,  D.D.,  Secretary  of  the  Uni- 
versity. 

Cordially  yours, 

S.  B.  Linhart, 
April  29th,  1912.  Secretary. 


AMHERST  COLLEGE, 
AMHERST,  MASSACHUSETTS 

Amherst  College  accepts  with  pleasure  the  very  kind 
invitation  of  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  to  be  represented  at  the 
one  hundredth  anniversary  of  its  establishment,  May 
5th,  6th,  and  7th,  1912. 

President  George  Harris  will  represent  Amherst 
College. 

March  12th,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

FRANKLIN  AND  MARSHALL  COLLEGE, 
LANCASTER,  PENNSYLVANIA 

President  Henry  Harbaugh  Apple  regrets  very  much 
that  he  is  unable  to  accept  the  kind  invitation  to  attend 
the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  establishment  of 
the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
the  United  States  of  America  on  May  fifth,  sixth  and 
seventh. 

He  sends  most  cordial  greetings  and  best  wishes  from 
Franklin  and  Marshall  College  and  ardent  prayer  for 
the  work  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary. 

April  12th,  1912. 


LAFAYETTE  COLLEGE, 
EASTON,  PENNSYLVANIA 

To  the  Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America  at  Princeton,  N.  J  — 
Greeting : 

Lafayette  College  offers  its  congratulations  to  the 
Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at 
Princeton,  N.  J.,  upon  the  completion  of  one  hundred 
years  of  service  in  the  education  of  men  to  preach  the 
glorious  gospel  of  the  blessed  God,  and  rejoices  with  it 
in  its  record  as  a  seminary  of  learning  and  as  a  nursing 
mother  of  those  who,  through  so  long  a  period,  with  un- 
faltering loyalty  to  the  truth,  have  prosecuted  their 

£2851 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

ministry.  Lafayette  College  has  sent  many  of  its  sons 
to  be  trained  in  the  Seminary,  foremost  among  them 
William  Henry  Green  whose  memory  is  dear  alike  to 
College  and  Seminary,  and  marks  with  satisfaction  that 
at  the  present  time  no  college  has  so  many  students  on 
the  roll  of  the  Seminary.  It  also  acknowledges  with 
gratitude  its  debt  to  the  Seminary  for  teachers  and  trus- 
tees who  have  brought  from  the  Seminary  knowledge 
and  zeal  for  the  truth.  May  this  celebration  redound  to 
the  glory  of  God,  and  introduce  with  fitting  dignity  a 
new  century  of  yet  more  faithful  service. 

Lafayette  College  designates  its  President,  Ethelbert 
D.  Warfield,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Seminary,  and  John  Moffat  Mecklin, 
Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Philosophy,  a  graduate  of  the  Semi- 
nary, to  represent  it  at  the  Celebration  May  5th,  6th  and 
7th, 1912. 

Wm.  S.  Hall, 

Clerk  of  the  Faculty. 

April  29,  1912. 

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NEW  YORK  UNIVERSITY, 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

I  beg  to  acknowledge  on  behalf  of  New  York  Univer- 
sity the  invitation  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  to  be  repre- 
sented by  a  delegate  at  the  one  hundredth  anniversary. 

The   University  has   appointed   Prof.   Herman   H. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Home,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  the  History  of  Education 
and  of  the  History  of  Philosophy,  as  its  delegate  to  rep- 
resent the  University  at  the  Centennial,  May  5th-7th. 
Very  truly  yours, 

John  H.  MacCracken, 
Syndic. 

February  26,  1912. 


PENNSYLVANIA  COLLEGE, 
GETTYSBURG,  PENNSYLVANIA 

On  behalf  of  the  Faculty  of  Pennsylvania  College, 
Gettysburg,  I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  invita- 
tion of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  through  its 
Directors,  Trustees  and  Faculty,  to  be  represented  by  a 
delegate  at  the  celebration  of  the  one-hundredth  anniver- 
sary of  its  establishment,  and  to  reply  that  we  accept 
and  have  appointed  Professor  Philip  M.  Bikle,  Ph.D., 
Dean  of  the  College,  as  our  delegate.  Should  Dean 
Bickle  not  be  able  to  attend,  he  is  authorized  to  appoint 
a  substitute,  of  which  due  notice  will  be  given. 

With  best  wishes  for  the  Seminary, 
Very  truly  yours, 

H.  A.  Rinard, 

Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 
February  22,  1912. 


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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

WABASH  COLLEGE, 
CRAWFORDSVILLE,  INDIANA 

Rev.  Arthur  J.  Brown,  D.D.,  156  Fifth  Avenue,  New 
York,  will  represent  Wabash  College  at  the  forthcoming 
anniversary  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary. 

Trusting  that  your  anticipation  of  the  event  may  be 
fully  realized,  I  am, 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

G.  L.  Mackintosh, 

President. 
March  1,  1912. 


DELAWARE  COLLEGE, 

NEWARK, 

DELAWARE 

The  Faculty  of  Delaware  College  accept  with  thanks 
the  invitation  of  the  Directors,  Trustees,  and  Faculty  of 
the  Seminary  to  send  a  delegate  to  the  One  Hundredth 
Anniversary  of  its  establishment  by  the  General  Assem- 
bly, on  Sunday,  Monday  and  Tuesday,  the  5th,  6th  and 
7th  of  May,  1912.  The  Rev.  Dr.  W.  J.  Rowan  of  the 
College  Faculty  has  been  designated  as  our  delegate  to 
the  Anniversary  and  will  be  in  attendance  at  that  time. 
Very  truly  yours, 

Edw.  Laurence  Smits, 

Secretary  pro  tern. 
February  27, 1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

HANOVER  COLLEGE, 
HANOVER,  INDIANA 

In  response  to  the  invitation  received  from  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary  requesting  Hanover  College  to  be 
represented  by  a  delegate  on  the  occasion  of  the  celebra- 
tion of  the  100th  anniversary  of  its  establishment,  I  have 
the  honor  and  pleasure  of  certifying  to  the  appointment 
of  the  Reverend  John  Simonson  Howk,  D.D.,  Secretary 
of  Hanover  College,  as  her  delegate  for  the  occasion,  and 
extending  to  the  Seminary  the  greetings  of  Hanover 
College. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

W.  A.  Millis, 
February  21,  1912.  President. 


MARIETTA  COLLEGE, 
MARIETTA,  OHIO 

Marietta  College  desires  to  be  represented  at  the  One 
Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  Seminary  and  in  the 
inability  of  the  President  or  member  of  the  Faculty  to 
attend  has  designated  Rev.  William  T.  Wilcox,  D.D.,  a 
graduate  of  the  College  in  1891,  of  Bloomfield,  N.  J.,  to 
represent  us  on  that  occasion. 

Very  truly  yours, 

Alfred  T.  Perry, 

President. 
April  13,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

TRANSYLVANIA  UNIVERSITY, 
LEXINGTON,  KENTUCKY 

The  President  of  Transylvania  University  acknow- 
ledges with  pleasure  the  invitation  to  attend  the  Hun- 
dredth Anniversary  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America, 
at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  and  regrets  exceedingly  that 
a  delegate  cannot  be  sent  to  represent  us  on  this  occasion. 


DAVIDSON  COLLEGE 
DAVIDSON,  NORTH  CAROLINA 

I  have  received  the  invitation  of  Princeton  Seminary, 
and  take  great  pleasure  in  appointing  as  the  delegate 
from  Davidson  College  on  that  occasion  our  Professor  of 
Modern  Languages,  Rev.  Thos.  W.  Lingle,  Ph.D.,  who  is 
himself  an  alumnus  of  Princeton  Seminary. 

Cordially  yours, 

Henry  Louis  Smith, 

President. 
February  23,  1912. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN, 
ANN  ARBOR,  MICHIGAN 

I  beg  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  the  invitation  of 
the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  to  the  University  of 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Michigan  to  be  represented  by  delegate  upon  the  occa- 
sion of  the  exercises  in  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  the  Seminary,  to  be 
held  Sunday,  Monday,  and  Tuesday,  the  5th,  6th,  and 
7th  of  May,  1912.  This  is  to  notify  you  that  the  Rev- 
erend  Walter  A.  Brooks,  of  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  a 
graduate  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  has  been  ap- 
pointed to  act  as  our  delegate.  Mr.  Brooks  has  accepted 
the  appointment. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

H.  B.  Hutchins, 

President. 
March  21,  1912. 


WESTMINSTER  COLLEGE, 
NEW  WILMINGTON,  PENNSYLVANIA 

In  response  to  the  kind  invitation  of  Princeton  Theo- 
logical Seminary  that  Westminster  College  shall  be  rep- 
resented by  a  delegate  at  the  100th  anniversary  celebra- 
tion May  5,  6,  7, 1912,  would  say,  that  it  will  be  my  plea- 
sure as  President  of  Westminster  College  to  represent 
the  institution  on  that  occasion. 

With  much  appreciation  of  the  courtesy  extended  by 
the  Theological  Seminary  of  Princeton,  I  remain, 

Sincerely  yours, 

R.  M.  Russell, 

President. 
February  19,  1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  COLLEGE  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK, 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

In  response  to  the  invitation  of  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Princeton,  New  Jer- 
sey, I  am  instructed  to  inform  you  that  the  College  of  the 
City  of  New  York  will  be  represented  by  President  John 
H.  Finley  at  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  establishment  of  the  Seminary  on  Sunday, 
Monday  and  Tuesday,  the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  of 
May,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve. 

Yours  very  truly, 

H.  L.  McCaktie, 
Secretary  to  the  President. 
March  14th,  1912. 

LAKE  FOREST  COLLEGE, 

LAKE  FOREST, 

ILLINOIS 

I  wish  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  the  invitation  of  the 
Directors,  Trustees,  and  Faculty  of  the  Seminary  to 
Lake  Forest  College  to  be  represented  at  the  one  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  the  Semi- 
nary, on  the  5th,  6th  and  7th  of  May.  I  shall  hope  to  be 
present  myself  to  represent  Lake  Forest  on  that  occa- 
sion. 

Sincerely  yours, 

John  S.  Nollen, 

President. 
February  21,  1912. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

MACALESTER  COLLEGE, 
SAINT  PAUL,  MINNESOTA 

The  faculty  and  trustees  of  Macalester  College  request 
me  to  convey  to  you  and  through  you  to  the  officers  and 
faculty  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  their  plea- 
sure over  the  invitation  so  kindly  extended  to  send  a  dele- 
gate to  the  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  your  honorable 
institution. 

They  have  elected  an  alumnus  of  Macalester  College 
and  an  alumnus  of  Princeton  Seminary  in  the  person  of 
Eev.  W.  P.  Lee,  D.D.,  of  Germantown,  Pa.  He  has  been 
notified  of  this  action  by  the  faculty  and  if  he  is  able  to 
be  present  will  doubtless  register  as  the  official  delegate 
of  Macalester  College. 

Respectfully, 

T.  MOREY  HODGMAN, 

February  29,  1912.  President. 

LINCOLN  UNIVERSITY, 
CHESTER  COUNTY,  PENNSYLVANIA 

Lincoln  University  appreciates  the  honor  of  an  invita- 
tion to  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  Princeton 
Seminary. 

J.  B.  Rendall,  principal,  or  Rev.  Robert  L.  Stewart, 
D.D.,  alternate,  either  the  one  or  the  other,  will  have  the 
pleasure  of  being  present  as  a  delegate. 

Very  sincerely, 

J.  B.  Rendall, 
March  5th,  1912.  President. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

PARK  COLLEGE, 
PARKVILLE,  MISSOURI 

The  Faculty  of  Park  College  begs  to  make  apprecia- 
tive acknowledgment  of  the  invitation  of  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary  to  appoint  a  representative  upon 
the  occasion  of  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  the  Seminary.  We 
have  requested  Rev.  C.  B.  McAfee,  D.D.,  Park  1884,  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  to  serve  as  our  representative. 

With  sincere  good  wishes  for  the  continued  prosperity 
and  work  of  the  Seminary,  I  am, 

Very  truly, 

Roy  V.  Magers, 
February  20, 1912.  Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 

PARSONS  COLLEGE, 
FAIRFIELD,  IOWA 

President  Parsons  wishes  me  to  acknowledge  the  re- 
ceipt of  the  invitation  to  Parsons  College  to  be  repre- 
sented on  the  occasion  of  the  One  Hundredth  Anniver- 
sary of  Princeton. 

He  wishes  me  also  to  state  that  he  plans  to  be  present 
himself  and  will  represent  Parsons  College.  If  Presi- 
dent Parsons  finds  that  he  is  unable  to  attend  later  on, 
you  will  be  duly  notified. 

With  best  wishes  'for  the  occasion,  I  am, 
Very  truly  yours, 

C.  E.  Downard, 
February  2lst,  1912.  Secretary  to  the  President. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

SOUTHWESTERN  PRESBYTERIAN  UNIVER- 
SITY, CLARKSVILLE,  TENNESSEE 

In  behalf  of  this  University  and  its  Theological  De- 
partment, I  am  instructed  by  our  faculty  to  thank  you 
for  the  invitation  to  be  represented  at  your  centennial 
in  May.    We  regret  that  we  shall  be  unable  to  accept. 
With  best  wishes, 

William  Dinwiddie, 

Chancellor. 

February  20, 1912. 


BELLEVUE  COLLEGE, 
BELLEVUE,  NEBRASKA 

The  invitation  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  to 
Bellevue  College  to  be  represented  on  the  occasion  of  the 
one  hundredth  anniversary  of  its  establishment  by  the 
General  Assembly  has  been  received  and  is  deeply  appre- 
ciated. 

We  have  the  honor  to  appoint  Rev.  A.  J.  Dressier  to 
represent  Bellevue  College  on  that  occasion. 

I  am  sorry  that  the  invitation  did  not  come  into  my 
hands  until  recently  and,  therefore,  that  notification  of 
this  appointment  has  been  so  much  delayed. 
Very  sincerely  yours, 

S.  W.  Stookey, 

President. 
April  1, 1912. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

COE  COLLEGE, 
CEDAR  RAPIDS,  IOWA 

Coe  College  accepts  with  pleasure  the  invitation  to 
attend  the  celebration  of  the  One  Hundredth  Anniver- 
sary of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  May  5,  6  and  7, 
1912.  The  College  will  be  represented  by  the  President 
of  its  Board  of  Trustees,  Rev.  Edward  R.  Burkhalter, 
D.D.,  LL.D. 

John  A.  Marquis, 

President. 

February  20,  1912. 


THE  COLLEGE  OF  EMPORIA, 
EMPORIA,  KANSAS 

I  regret  that  it  is  impossible  for  the  College  of  Em- 
poria to  be  represented  at  the  one  hundredth  anniver- 
sary of  Princeton  Seminary.  Let  me  convey  to  you  our 
congratulations  and  good  wishes  upon  that  occasion. 

Sincerely  yours, 

H.  C.  ClJLBERTSON, 

February  22, 1912.  President. 


NEW  WINDSOR  COLLEGE, 
NEW  WINDSOR,  MARYLAND 

I  have  the  honor  to  inform  you  that  the  invitation  to 
attend  the  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  Princeton  Semi- 
te ] 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

nary  was  received;  and  it  gives  me  pleasure  to  state 
(D.V.)  that  I  hope  to  attend  personally,  and  enjoy  the 
great  occasion. 

Trusting  that  your  efforts  may  prove  a  success, 
I  am  most  respectfully  yours, 

James  Fraser, 

President. 
February  20,  1912. 


ALMA  COLLEGE, 

ALMA, 

MICHIGAN 

The  Faculty  of  Alma  College  acknowledge  the  receipt 
of  your  invitation  in  behalf  of  the  Directors,  Trustees 
and  Faculty  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  to  be 
present  at  the  Celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  establishment  of  the  institution ;  and  send 
greetings,  and  compliment  you  upon  the  work  your  insti- 
tution has  been  able  to  accomplish  in  the  one  hundred 
years  just  closing,  but  regret  to  say  that  Alma  College 
will  be  unable  to  be  represented  by  a  delegate. 
Very  truly  yours, 

F.  E.  West, 

Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 
February  26,  1912. 


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LIST  OF  DELEGATES 


THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF  THE 

PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 

John  F.  Carson,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Moderator 

William  H.  Roberts,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Stated  Clerk 

Rev.  William  M.  Dager,  A.B.,  Moderator  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey 

Martin  D.  Kneeland,  D.D.,  Moderator  of  the  Synod  of  New  York 

Samuel  A.  Cornelius,  D.D.,  Moderator  of  the  Synod  of  Pennsylvania 

His  Excellency  Woodrow  Wilson,  Ph.D.,  Litt.D.,  LL.D. 

Hon.  William  Jennings  Bryan,  LL.D. 


THE  TRUSTEES  OF  PRINCETON  UNIVERSITY 

Hon.  William  J.  Magie,  LL.D. 

Simon  J.  McPherson,  D.D. 

Hon.  Bayard  Henry,  A.M. 

James  W.  Alexander,  A.M. 

Robert  Garrett,  B.S. 


COURTS  OF  SCOTCH,  IRISH  AND  CANADIAN 

CHURCHES 

Alexander  Stewart,  M.A.,  D.D.,  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly 

of  the  Church  of  Scotland 
James  Wells,  M.A.,  D.D.,  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 

United  Free  Church  of  Scotland 

James  D.  McCulloch,  D.D.,  representing  William  Menzies  Alexander, 

M.A.,  B.Sc,  M.D.,  B.D.,  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly 

of  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

John  R.  Mackay,  M.A.,  representing  Duncan  Mackenzie,  D.D.,  Mod- 
erator of  the  Synod  of  the  Free  Presbyterian  Church  of  Scotland 
John  Macmillan,  B.A.,  D.D.,  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of 

the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Ireland 
Robert  P.  Mackay,  D.D.,  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 

Presbyterian  Church  in  Canada 

Rev.  David  Russell  Mitchell,  Delegate  of  the  Synod  of  Ballymena  and 

Coleraine  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Ireland 


THE  PRESIDING  OFFICERS  OF 
AMERICAN  CHURCHES 

John  F.  Carson,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly 

of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America 
Russell  Cecil,  D.D.,  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  the  United  States 
John  C.  Scouller,  D.D.,  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 

United  Presbyterian  Church  of  North  America 

James  I.  Good,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President  of  the  General  Synod  of  the 

Reformed  Church  in  the  United  States 

Nehemiah  Boynton,  D.D.,  Moderator  of  the  National  Council  of 

Congregational  Churches 

Junius  B.  Remensnyder,  D.D.,LL.D.,  President  of  the  General  Synod 

of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  in  the 

United  States  of  America 

Peter  Ainslee,  D.D.,  Chairman  of  the  Christian  Union  Commission 

of  the  Disciples  of  Christ 

T.  F.  Bode,  D.D.,  representing  J.  Pister,  D.D.,  President  of  the 

German  Evangelical  Synod  of  North  America 

Robert  F.  Rudolph,  A.M.,  D.D.,  representing  Samuel  Fallows,  D.D., 

LL.D.,  President  of  the  General  Council  of  the  Reformed 

Episcopal  Church 


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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

SUBORDINATE  COURTS  OF  THE  PRESBY- 
TERIAN CHURCH  IN  THE  UNITED 
STATES  OF  AMERICA 

Synod  of  New  Jersey 

Eben  B.  Cobb,  D.D.,  Vice-Moderator 

Rev.  Frank  Lukens,  A.M. 

John  T.  Kerr,  D.D. 

Rev.  Clarence  E.  Macartney,  A.B. 

Hon.  Woodrow  Wilson,  Ph.D.,  Litt.D.,  LL.D. 

Robert  E.  Speer,  D.D. 

Edward  P.  Holden,  Esq. 

William  H.  Vail,  Esq. 

Synod  of  Pennsylvania 

Samuel  A.  Cornelius,  D.D.,  Moderator 

Robert  Hunter,  D.D. 

William  L.  McEwan,  D.D. 

Ebenezer  Flack,  D.D. 

Rev.  Samuel  Semple,  A.M. 

J.  Vernon  Bell,  D.D. 

Synod  of  Baltimore 

Rev.  Joseph  Turner,  A.B.,  Moderator 

James  E.  Moffatt,  D.D. 

George  P.  Wilson,  D.D. 

Francis  H.  Moore,  D.D. 

Synod  of  West  Virginia 
Herman  G.  Stoetzer,  D.D. 

Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick 

Rev.  August  W.  Sonne,  A.M.,  Moderator 

Henry  C.  Minton,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Walter  A.  Brooks,  D.D. 

Rev.  Daniel  R.  Foster,  A.M. 

Rev.  Francis  Palmer,  A.M. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Presbytery  of  Philadelphia 

Rev.  C.  A.  R.  Janvier,  A.M.,  Moderator 

Robert  Hunter,  D.D. 

William  P.  Fulton,  D.D. 

Presbytery  of  Newton 

Rev.  Oscar  J.  Hardin,  A.B.,  Moderator 

Rev.  E.  Clarke  Cline,  A.B. 

Rev.  J.  Newton  Armstrong,  A.B. 

Rev.  Ward  C.  Peabody,  A.M. 

Theodore  Tinsman,  Esq. 

Presbytery  of  Rochester 

G.  B.  F.  Hallock,  D.D. 

Rev.  George  H.  Fiekes,  A.M. 

Presbytery  of  New  Albany 
John  Simonson  Howk,  D.D. 

Alumni  in  the  Synod  of  California 
James  S.  McDonald,  D.D. 


THE  BOARDS  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 

OF  THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 

The  Board  of  Home  Missions 
John  Dixon,  D.D.,  an  Associate  Secretary 

The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 

George  Alexander,  D.D.,  President 
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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

The  Board  of  Education 
Charles  Wadsworth,  Jr.,  D.D.,  President 

The  Board  of  Publication  and  Sabbath  School  Work 
Hon.  Robert  N.  Willson,  President 

The  Board  of  the  Church  Erection  Fund 
Hon.  Frederick  G.  Burnham,  President 

The  Board  of  Relief 

Samuel  T.  Lowrie,  D.D. 

H.  S.  P.  Nichols,  Esq. 

William  W.  Heberton,  D.D. 

Marcus  A.  Brownson,  D.D. 

Members  of  the  Board 

The  College  Board 

John  H.  MacCracken,  Ph.D.,  President 

John  R.  Mackay,  Ph.D.,  Member  of  the  Board 


FOREIGN  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTIES 

The  Faculty  of  Divinity  of  the  University  of  Edinburgh 
Alexander  Stewart,  M.A.,  D.D.,  St.  Mary's,  St.  Andrews,  Scotland 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Glasgow 

Norman  Kemp  Smith,  D.Phil.,  Stuart  Professor  of  Psychology, 

Princeton  University 

The  Faculty  of  Divinity  of  the  University  of  Aberdeen 

John  Maenaughton,  M.A.,  Professor  of  Latin  in 

McGill  University,  Montreal 

Free  Church  College,  Edinburgh 

James  D.  McCulloch,  D.D.,  Principal 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Assembly's  College,  Belfast 
John  Macmillan,  B.A.,  D.D.,  Belfast 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  King's  College,  London 
Frederic  Courtney,  D.D.,  D.C.L.,  New  York  City 

The  Theological  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Geneva 
David  S.  Schaff,  D.D.,  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History  and  His- 
tory of  Doctrine,  Western  Theological  Seminary,  Pittsburgh 

The  Faculty  of  Evangelical  Theology  of  Geneva 
Alexander  Couper  Proudfit,  A.M.,  Princeton,  N.  J. 

The  Presbyterian  College,  Halifax 
J.  W.  Falconer,  D.D.,  Professor 

Knox  College,  Toronto 
James  Ballantyne,  D.D.,  Professor  of  Church  History 

Queen's  University,  Kingston,  Ontario 

W.  G.  Jordan,  D.D.,  Professor  of  Hebrew  and 

Old  Testament  Criticism 

The  Presbyterian  College,  Montreal 
John  Scrimger,  D.D.,  Principal 

Manitoba  College,  Winnipeg 

A.  B.  Baird,  D.D.,  Acting  Principal  and  Professor  of 

Church  History 

Westminster  Hall,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 
A.  J.  MacGillivray,  D.D.,  Merton,  Ontario 

The  Faculty  of  Theology  of  Trinity  College,  Toronto 

Rev.  E.  Vicars  Stevenson,  M.A.,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

THEOLOGICAL   SEMINARIES   OF   THE   PRES- 
BYTERIAN CHURCH  IN  THE  UNITED 
STATES  OF  AMERICA 

Auburn  Theological  Seminary 
George  B.  Stewart,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President 

The  Board  of  Directors  of  Auburn  Theological  Seminary 
Wilton  Merle-Smith,  D.D.,  Member  of  the  Board 

Western  Theological  Seminary 
James  Anderson  Kelso,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  President 

Lane  Theological  Seminary 
Edward  Mack,  D.D.,  Professor  of  Hebrew  and  Old  Testament 

Literature 

The  Theological  Seminary  of  Kentucky 

Jesse  Lee  Cotton,  D.D.,  Professor  in  the  School  of 

Old  Testament  Exegesis 

McCormick  Theological  Seminary 
Andrew  C.  Zenos,  D.D.,  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History 

San  Francisco  Theological  Seminary 
Warren  Hall  Landon,  D.D.,  President 

The  German  Presbyterian  Theological  School  of  the  Northwest 
William  H.  Foulkes,  D.D.,  President  of  the  Board  of  Directors 

The  German  Theological  School  of  Newark,  N.  J. 
Arnold  W.  Fismer,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  New  Testament  Exegesis 

and  Ethics 

The  Theological  Seminary  of  Lincoln  University 

Robert  L.  Stewart,  D.D.,  Professor  of  Pastoral  Theology, 

Evidences  of  Christianity  and  Biblical  Archaeology 

Omaha  Theological  Seminary 
Albert  B.  Marshall,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

OTHER  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARIES 
IN  THIS  COUNTRY 

Theological  Seminary  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  America, 
New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 
J.  Preston  Searle,  D.D.,  President 

Xenia  Theological  Seminary,  Xenia,  Ohio 

Joseph  Kyle,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Professor  of  Systematic  Theology 

and  Homiletics 

The  Moravian  College  and  Theological  Seminary,  Bethlehem,  Pa. 
"W.  N.  Schwarze,  Ph.D.,  the  Resident  Professor 

Andover  Theological  Seminary,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
John  W.  Platner,  D.D.,  Professor  of  Church  History 

Union  Theological  Seminary,  Richmond,  Va. 
Thomas  R.  English,  D.D.,  Henry  Young  Professor  of  Biblical  Litera- 
ture and  the  Interpretation  of  the  New  Testament 

Bangor  Theological  Seminary,  Bangor,  Me. 
David  N.  Beach,  D.D.,  President 

General  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 

New  York  City 

Arthur  Prime  Hunt,  M.A.,  B.D.,  Professor  of  Christian  Ethics 

Dickinson  S.  Miller,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Christian  Apologetics 

Colgate  Theological  Seminary,  Hamilton,  N.  Y. 
David  F.  Estes,  D.D.,  Professor  of  New  Testament  Interpretation 

and  Librarian 

Yale  University  Divinity  School,  Neiv  Haven,  Conn. 
Williston  Walker,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  L.H.D.,  Titus  Street  Professor 
of  Ecclesiastical  History 
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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Protestant  Episcopal  Theological  Seminary  in  Virginia, 

Alexandria,  Va. 

Angus  Crawford,  D.D.,  Dean 

Theological  Seminary  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  the 

United  States,  Lancaster,  Pa. 

John  C.  Bowman,  D.D.,  President 

Newton  Theological  Institution,  Newton  Centre,  Mass. 
George  Edwin  Horr,  D.D.,  President 

Evangelical  Lutheran  Theological  Seminary,  Gettysburg,  Pa. 
J.  A.  Singmaster,  D.D.,  President 

Columbia  Theological  Seminary,  Columbia,  S.  C. 

Henry  Alexander  White,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Professor  of 

New  Testament  Literature  and  Exegesis 

Hartford  Theological  Seminary,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Lewis  Bayles  Paton,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  Nettleton  Professor  of 

Old  Testament  Exegesis  and  Criticism 

Oberlin  Theological  Seminary,  Oberlin,  Ohio 

Rev.  Kemper  Fullerton,  A.M.,  Professor  of  Old  Testament 

Language  and  Literature 

Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York  City 
Francis  Brown,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Litt.  D.,  President 

Boston  University  School  of  Theology,  Boston,  Mass. 

William  I.  Haven,  D.D.,  a  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the 

American  Bible  Society 

Meadville  Theological  School,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Franklin  C.  Southworth,  D.D.,  President 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

The  Hamma  Divinity  School,  Springfield,  Ohio 
David  H.  Bauslin,  D.D.,  Dean 

Garrett  Biblical  Institute,  Evanston,  111. 
Milton  S.  Terry,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Professor  of  Christian  Doctrine 

Berkeley  Divinity  School,  Middletown,  Conn. 
Samuel  Hart,  D.D.,  D.C.L.,  LL.D.,  Dean 

Reformed  Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary,  Allegheny,  Pa. 

Richard  Cameron  Wylie,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Professor  of  Church  History, 

Homiletics,  Systematic  and  Pastoral  Theology 

St.  Lawrence  University,  Canton  Theological  School,  Canton,  N.  Y. 
Henry  P.  Forbes,  D.D.,  Professor  of  Biblical  Literature 

Chicago  Theological  Seminary,  Chicago,  111. 

G.  S.  Rollins,  D.D.,  Pastor  of  the  Hope  Congregational  Church, 

Springfield,  Mass. 

Seabury  Divinity  School,  Faribault,  Minn. 

Rev.  William  Austin  Smith,  Rector  of  Christ's  Church, 

Springfield,  Mass. 

Susquehanna  University  School  of  Theology,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Charles  T.  Aikens,  D.D.,  President 

Frank  P.  Manhart,  D.D.,  Dean 

Southern  Baptist  Theological  Seminary,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Edgar  Y.  Mullins,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President. 

Augustana  College  and  Theological  Seminary,  Rock  Island,  III. 
Carl  A.  Blomgren,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Hebrew 

The  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  at 

Philadelphia 
Henry  E.  Jacobs,  D.D.,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  Dean. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Central  Wesleyan  College,  Warrenton,  Mo. 
F.  J.  Hubach,  B.D.,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

Atlanta  Baptist  College  Divinity  School,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Rev.  John  Hope,  President 

Episcopal  Theological  School,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Henry  Sylvester  Nash,  D.D.,  Professor  of  New  Testament 

Drew  Theological  Seminary,  Madison,  N.  J. 

Charles  F.  Sitterly,  Ph.D.,  S.T.D.,  Professor  of  Biblical 

Literature  and  English  Bible 

Crozer  Theological  Seminary,  Chester,  Pa. 
Milton  G.  Evans,  D.D.,  President 

The  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church 

at  Chicago,  III. 

Revere  Franklin  Weidner,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President 

Alfred  Theological  Seminary,  Alfred,  N.  Y. 
B.  C.  Davis,  D.D.,  President 

School  of  Theology,  Howard  University,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Isaac  Clark,  D.D.,  Dean 

Vanderbilt  University,  Biblical  Department,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Wilbur  F.  Tillett,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Dean 

The  Theological  School  and  Calvin  College  of  the  Christian 

Reformed  Church  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Louis  Berkhof,  B.D.,  Professor  of  Exegetical  Theology 

Westminster  Theological  Seminary,  Westminster,  Md. 

Claude  Cicero  Douglas,  A.M.,  B.D.,  Secretary 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Temple  University,  Department  of  Theology,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Rev.  George  H.  "Wailes,  Professor 

St.  Leo  Abbey,  St.  Leo,  Fla. 
Harold  McA.  Robinson,  B.D.,  Princeton,  N.  J. 

Houghton  Wesleyan  Methodist  Seminary,  Houghton,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  H.  R.  Smith,  Professor  of  English 

Western  Theological  Seminary,  Atchison,  Kansas 
Frederick  G.  Gotwald,  D.D.,  York,  Pa. 

Turner  Theological  Seminary,  Morris  Brown  College, 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

W.  G.  Alexander,  D.D.,  Dean 

School  of  Theology,  Kansas  City  University,  Kansas  City,  Kansas 
Rev.  D.  Baines-Griffith,  A.M.,  Spuyten  Duyvil,  N.  Y. 

Atlanta  Theological  Seminary,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
John  Wilson  Bixler,  D.D.,  Professor  elect  of  Natural  Theology 

Pacific  Unitarian  School  for  the  Ministry,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

"William  Sacheus  Morgan,  B.D.,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of 

Systematic  Theology 

Southwestern  Baptist  Theological  Seminary,  Fort  Worth,  Texas 

Albert  Henry  Newman,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Dean  and  Professor  of 

Church  History 

Central  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Reformed  Church 

in  the  United  States,  Dayton,  Ohio 

James  I.  Good,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Professor  of  Reformed  Church  History 

Theological  Seminary  of  the  Reformed  Episcopal  Church, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Robert  L.  Rudolph,  A.M.,  D.D.,  Professor  of  Systematic  Theology, 

Biblical  Theology  and  Ethics 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

MISSIONARY  SEMINARIES 

Albert  Academy,  Freetown,  Sierra  Leone,  West  Africa 
Rev.  Edwin  M.  Hursh,  A.B.,  Vice-Principal 

Seminario  Theologico  da  Edgreja  Presbyteriana  no  Brasil, 

Campinas,  Brazil 

John  Merrill  Kyle,  D.D.,  Lowell,  Mass. 

American  Collegiate  and  Theological  Institute,  Samokov,  Bulgaria 
Rev.  Lewis  Bond,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

Union  Theological  School,  Foochoiv,  China 
Wilbert  W.  White,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  New  York  City. 

Nanking  Union  Theological  Seminary,  Nanking,  China 
Rev.  J.  E.  "Williams,  Member  of  the  Board  of  Directors 

Theological  School  of  Shaowu,  China 
Rev.  C.  L.  Storrs,  Shaowu 

St.  John's  University,  Shanghai,  China 
William  H.  Jefferys,  D.D.,  Shanghai 

Ashmore  Theological  Seminary,  Swatow,  China 
Rev.  A.  F.  Groesbeck,  Member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Bapatla  Normal  Training  School,  Bapatla,  South  India 
Rev.  John  Newcomb,  Bapatla 

Bareilly  Theological  Seminary,  Bareilly,  India 

Thomas  Jefferson  Scott,  D.D.,  Ocean  Grove,  N.J. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

American  Baptist  Theological  Seminary,  Ramapatnam,  India 
W.  L.  Ferguson,  D.D.,  Newton  Centre,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary,  Saharanpur,  India 
Rev.  Fred.  J.  Newton,  A.M.,  Professor 

The  Theological  School  of  the  Kwansei  Gakuin,  Kobe,  Japan 
Rev.  S.  E.  Hager 

Doshisha  Theological  School,  Kyoto,  Japan 
George  M.  Rowland,  D.D.,  Sapporo 

North  Japan  College,  Sendai,  Japan 
Teizaburo  Demura,  A.M.,  Dean  of  the  Higher  Department 

Japan  Baptist  Theological  Seminary,  Tokyo,  Japan 
Rev.  Charles  B.  Tenney,  Professor  of  Greek  Language  and  Exegesis 

Colegio  Internacional,  Guadalajara,  Mexico 
Rev.  A.  C.  Wright,  Auburndale,  Mass. 

Theological  Department  of  Urumia  College,  Urumia,  Persia 
Rev.  Robert  M.  Labaree,  Urumia 

Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary,  Beirut,  Syria 
Rev.  Oscar  J.  Hardin,  Professor 

Marash  Theological  Seminary,  Marash,  Turkey-in-Asia 
W.  N.  Chambers,  D.D.,  Adana 

Western  Turkey  Theological  Seminary,  Marsovan,  Turkey-in-Asia 
George  F.  Herriek,  D.D.,  New  York  City 


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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 
UNIVERSITIES  AND  COLLEGES 

Faculty  of  Princeton  University 
Theodore  Whitefield  Hunt,  Ph.D.,  L.H.D.,  Professor  of  English 

Robert  College,  Constantinople 
George  Washburn,  D.D.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Dalhousie  University,  Halifax 
Malcolm  James  MacLeod,  D.D.,  Minister  of  the  Collegiate  Church, 

New  York  City 

University  of  Toronto 

Kerr  Duncan  Macmillan,  B.D.,  Instructor  in  Church  History, 

Princeton  Theological  Seminary 

Harvard  University 

William  Wallace  Fenn,  D.D.,  Bussey  Professor  of  Theology  and 

Dean  of  the  Faculty  of  Divinity 

Yale  University 

Williston  Walker,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  L.H.D.,  Titus  Street  Professor 

of  Ecclesiastical  History 

University  of  Pennsylvania 
James  Alan  Montgomery,  Ph.D.,  S.T.D.,  Assistant  Professor 

of  Hebrew 

Brown  University 
Henry  T.  Fowler,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Biblical  Literature 

Rutgers  College 
W.  H.  S.  Demarest,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Dartmouth  College 

Rev.  Benjamin  Tenney  Marshall,  Pastor  First  Presbyterian  Church, 

New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 

Washington  and  Lee  University 
James  Robert  Howerton,  D.D.,  Professor  of  Philosophy 

Dickinson  College 
Eugene  Allen  Noble,  L.H.D.,  President 

Hampden-Sidney  College 
W.  Creighton  Campbell,  D.D.,  Member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Williams  College 
William  Rankin,  LL.D.,  Princeton,  N.  J. 

Washington  College 
James  Sylvester  Armentrout,  B.D.,  Lancaster,  Pa. 

Union  University 

Charles  Alexander  Richmond,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President  of  Union 

College  and  Chancellor  of  Union  University 

Middlebury  College 

Charles  E.  Hesselgrave,  Ph.D.,  Pastor  of  the  Stanley 

Congregational  Church,  Chatham,  N.  J. 

Washington  and  Jefferson  College 
James  D.  Moffat,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President 

Columbia  University 

Raymond  C.  Knox,  B.D.,  Chaplain 

Dickinson  S.  Miller,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Philosophy 

University  of  Pittsburgh 

S.  B.  Linhart,  D.D.,  Secretary 

C316] 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Amherst  College 
George  Harris,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President 

Lafayette  College 

Ethelbert  D.  Warfield,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President 

John  M.  Mecklin,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Philosophy 

New  York  University 

Herman  H.  Home,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  the  History  of  Education 

and  the  History  of  Philosophy 

Pennsylvania  College 
Philip  M.  Bikle,  Ph.D.,  Dean 

Wabash  College 
Arthur  J.  Brown,  D.D.,  New  York  City 

Delaware  College 
William  James  Rowan,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and  Oratory 

Marietta  College 
William  T.  Wilcox,  D.D.,  Bloomfield,  N.  J. 

Hanover  College 
John  Simonson  Howk,  D.D.,  Secretary 

Davidson  College 
Thomas  W.  Lingle,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Modern  Languages 

University  of  Michigan 
Walter  A.  Brooks,  D.D.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Westminster  College,  Pennsylvania 
Robert  McWatty  Russell,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President 

The  College  of  the  City  of  New  York 

John  H.  Finley,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  President 

C317  3 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Lake  Forest  College 
John  S.  Nollexi,  Ph.D.,  President 

Macalester  College 

William  Porter  Lee,  D.D.,  Pastor  of  the  Westside  Presbyterian 

Church,  Germantown,  Pa. 

University  of  Wooster 
Louis  Edward  Holden,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President 

Park  College 
Cleland  Boyd  McAfee,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  Pastor  of  the  Lafayette  Avenue 
Presbyterian  Church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Parsons  College 
Willis  E.  Parsons,  D.D.,  President 

Bellevue  College 
Rev.  A.  J.  Dressier,  A.B.,  Princeton,  N.  J. 

Coe  College 

Edward  R.  Burkhalter,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President  of  the 

Board  of  Trustees 

New  Windsor  College 
James  Fraser,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  President 


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THE  PROGRAMME  OF  EXERCISES 


THE  FIRST  DAY 
SUNDAY,  MAY  FIFTH 

ELEVEN  A.  M. 

THE  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 


Doxology 

Invocation 

The  Reverend  Sylvester  Woodbridge  Beach,  A.M. 
The  Pastor  of  the  Church 

Hymn 

"All  people  that  on  earth  do  dwell" 

Reading  of  the  Scriptures 

Ephesians  iv:  1-16 
The  Reverend  Sylvester  Woodbridge  Beach,  A.M. 

Prayer 

The  Right  Reverend  Robert  P.  Mackay,  D.D. 
Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 

in  Canada 

Hymn 
"The  Lord  's  my  Shepherd,  I  '11  not  want" 

Anthem 

"Teach  me,  0  Lord"  (Thomas  Attwood) 

C321J 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Sermon 

The  Reverend  Francis  Landey  Patton,  D.D.,  LL.D. 
Stuart  Professor  of  Ethics,  Princeton  University- 
President  of  the  Seminary 

Hymn 
"How  sweet  and  awful  is  the  place" 

The  Administration  of  the  Lord's  Supper 

The  Reverend  Francis  Landey  Patton,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

and 
The  Reverend  Sylvester  Woodbridge  Beach,  A.M. 

Hymn 
"Rock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me" 

Benediction 
The  Reverend  Francis  Landey  Patton,  D.D.,  LL.D. 


FOUR    P.  M. 

THE  MILLER  CHAPEL 

Conference  for  Prayer 

Led  by  the  Reverend  John  Dixon,  D.D. 

An  Associate  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions 

of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America 

Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Hymn 

"I  love  Thy  kingdom,  Lord" 
H322;] 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Prayer 

The  Reverend  Eiko  J.  Groeneveld,  D.D. 

Pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 

Butte,  Montana 

Announcement 

"With  reference  to  the  tablet 

in  memory  of 

The  Reverend  Professor  Charles  Augustus  Aiken,  Ph.D.,  D.D. 

by 

The  Reverend  Francis  Landey  Patton,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

President  of  the  Seminary 

Hymn 
"For  all  the  saints  who  from  their  labors  rest" 

Beading  of  the  Scriptures 

Matthew  ix:  35-38 

Acts  xiii:  1-3 

The  Reverend  John  Dixon,  D.D. 

Address 
The  Reverend  John  Dixon,  D.D. 

Hymn 

"The  Son  of  God  goes  forth  to  war" 

Prayer 

The  Reverend  Maitland  Alexander,  D.D. 

Pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 

Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania 

Hymn 

"Who  is  on  the  Lord's  side?" 
C323: 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Prayer 

The  Reverend  James  D.  Moffat,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

President  of  Washington  and  Jefferson  College 

and 

The  Reverend  Samuel  McLanahan,  A.M. 

Princeton 

Hymn 
"Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds" 

Benediction 
The  Reverend  Francis  Landey  Patton,  D.D.,  LL.D. 


SEVEN-FORTY-FIVE  P.  M. 

THE  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 

Hymn 

1 '  Sun  of  my  soul,  Thou  Saviour  dear ' ' 

Invocation 

The  Reverend  Sylvester  W oodbridge  Beach,  A.M. 
The  Pastor  of  the  Church 

Hymn 

"Crown  Him  with  many  crowns" 

Reading  of  the  Scriptures 
John  i:  1-5;  15-20;  29-51 

The  Reverend  Ethelbert  Dudley  Warfield,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

President  of  Lafayette  College 

President  of  the  Board  of  Directors 

H3243 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Prayer 
The  Reverend  Ethelbert  Dudley  Warfield,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Anthem 
"What  are  these  that  are  arrayed  in  white  robes"  (J.  Stainer) 

Hymn 
"My  faith  looks  up  to  Thee" 

Sermon 
The  Reverend  Ethelbert  Dudley  Warfield,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Hymn 

' '  Jesus,  the  very  thought  of  Thee ' ' 

Prayer 

The  Reverend  Robert  Mc Watty  Russell,  D.D.,  LL.D. 
President  of  Westminster  College,  Pennsylvania 

Anthem 

"Nunc  Dimittis"  (B.  Tours) 

Benediction 
The  Reverend  Robert  Mc  Watty  Russell,  D.D.,  LL.D. 


[325  3 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

THE  SECOND  DAY 
MONDAY,  MAY  SIXTH 

NINE-FIFTEEN  A.  M. 

The  Academic  Procession  formed  in  the  Faculty  Room 
of  Princeton  University,  Nassau  Hall 

Kerr  Duncan  Macmillan,  B.D.,  Marshal 


TEN  A.  M. 

ALEXANDER  HALL 

The  Reverend  Ethelbert  Dudley  Warfield,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

President  of  Lafayette  College 

President  of  the  Board  of  Directors 

Presiding 

Address  of  Welcome 

The  Reverend  John  Grier  Hibben,  Ph.D.,  LL.D. 
President  of  Princeton  University 

Response 

The  Reverend  Ethelbert  Dudley  Warfield,  D.D.,  LL.D. 
President  of  the  Board  of  Directors 


Hymn 

' '  0  heavenly  Fount  of  light  and  love ' ' 

Reading  of  the  Scriptures 

II  Timothy  ii:  1-26 

The  Reverend  Ethelbert  Dudley  Warfield,  D.D.,  LL.D. 
President  of  the  Board  of  Directors 

[3263 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 
Prayer 

The  Reverend  Henry  Eyster  Jacobs,  D.D.,  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

Dean  and  Chairman  of  the  Faculty 

The  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church 

at  Philadelphia 

Address  to  the  Graduating  Class 

and 

Distribution  of  Diplomas 

The  Reverend  Ethelbert  Dudley  Warfield,  D.D.,  LL.D. 
President  of  the  Board  of  Directors 

Announcements 

Fellowships  and  Prizes 

The  Reverend  Sylvester  Woodbridge  Beach,  A.M. 

Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Directors 

Conferring  the  Degree  of  Bachelor  of  Divinity 

Address  to  the  Graduating  Class 

The  Reverend  Francis  Landey  Patton,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

President  of  the  Seminary 

Singing  of  the  Class  Hymn 

"Onward,  Christian  Soldiers" 

The  Graduating  Class 

Address 

THE  FUNCTION  AND  THE  GLORY  OF  THE  MINISTRY  OF  GRACE 

The  Reverend  John  Fleming  Carson,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Pastor  of  the  Central  Presbyterian  Church,  Brooklyn 

Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 

in  the  United  States  of  America 

C327H 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 
Address 

THE  MAKING  OF  A  MINISTER 

The  Reverend  Russell  Cecil,  D.D. 

Pastor  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  Richmond 

Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 

in  the  United  States 

Prayer 

The  Reverend  John  Preston  Searle,  D.D. 

President  of  the  Faculty  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the 

Reformed  Church  in  America  at  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 

Hymn 

"0  Spirit  of  the  living  God" 

Benediction 

The  Reverend  Ethelbert  Dudley  Warfield,  D.D.,  LL.D. 
President  of  the  Board  of  Directors 


THREE  P.  M. 

ALEXANDER  HALL 

Thomas  Whitney  Synnott,  Esquire 

Vice-President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Presiding 

Hymn 
"Our  God,  our  Help  in  ages  past" 

Reading  of  the  Scriptures 

I  Corinthians  i:  4-31 

The  Reverend  Professor  Caspar  Wistar  Hodge,  Ph.D. 

Princeton  Theological  Seminary 

[328] 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Prayer 

The  Reverend  Dickinson  Sergeant  Miller,  Ph.D. 

Professor  of  Christian  Apologetics 
The  General  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Protestant 

Episcopal  Church,  New  York  City 

Address 

PRINCETON  IN  THE  "WORK  OF  THE  PASTORATE 

The  Reverend  William  Leonard  McEwan,  D.D. 
Pastor  of  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  Pittsburgh 

Address 

PRINCETON  ON  THE  MISSION  FIELD 

Robert  Elliott  Speer,  D.D. 

A  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 

of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America 

Hymn 

"Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  gates  of  brass" 

Address 

PRINCETON  IN  THEOLOGICAL  EDUCATION  AND 

RELIGIOUS  THOUGHT 

The  Reverend  William  Hallock  Johnson,  Ph.D. 

Professor  of  Greek  and  New  Testament  Literature  and  Exegesis 

Lincoln  University,  Pennsylvania 

Address 

PRINCETON  IN  ITS  EARLY  ENVIRONMENT  AND  WORK 

Charles  Beatty  Alexander,  LL.D. 

New  York  City 

Prayer 

The  Reverend  James  Dunlop  Paxton,  D.D. 

Pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Lynchburg,  Virginia 

£329  3 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Hymn 
"Glory  to  Thee,  Lord  of  Glory,  for  Thy  saints  at  rest  above' 

Benediction 

The  Reverend  Professor  Caspar  Wistar  Hodge,  Ph.D. 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary 


FIVE-THIRTY  TO  SIX-THIRTY  P.  M. 

Informal  Reception  at  Springdale  by  the  President  of 
the  Seminary  and  Mrs.  Patton 


SEVEN  P.  M. 

THE  CASINO 
Alumni  Dinner 

The  Reverend  Joseph  Heatly  Dulles,  A.M. 

President  of  the  Alumni  Association 

Presiding 

Grace 

The  Reverend  Daniel  Neles  Freeland,  A.M. 

New  York  City 

Of  the  Class  of  1847 

After-Dinner  Speakers 

The  Reverend  Francis  Landey  Patton,  D.D.,  LL.D. 
President  of  the  Seminary 

For  the  Class  of  1862 

The  Reverend  James  Smith  McDonald,  D.D. 

Corcoran,  California 

[330] 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

For  the  Class  of  1872 

The  Reverend  "William  Cooper  Rommel,  A.M. 

Elizabeth,  New  Jersey 

For  the  Class  of  1882 

The  Reverend  Charles  Lee,  D.D. 

Carbondale,  Pennsylvania 

For  the  Class  of  1892 

The  Reverend  Maitland  Alexander,  D.D. 

Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania 

For  the  Class  of  1902 

The  Reverend  "Wilson  Thomas  Moore  Beale,  A.M. 

Salisbury,  Maryland 


THE  THIRD  DAY 
TUESDAY,  MAY  SEVENTH 

NINE-FORTY-FIVE  A.  M. 

The  Academic  Procession  formed  in  the  Faculty  Room 
of  Princeton  University,  Nassau  Hall 

Kerr  Duncan  Macmillan,  B.D.,  Marshal 


TEN-THIRTY  A.  M. 

ALEXANDER  HALL 

The  Reverend  Francis  Landey  Patton,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

President  of  the  Seminary 

Presiding 

[  3311] 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Hymn 

"A  mighty  Fortress  is  our  God" 

Reading  of  the  Scriptures 
Ephesians  i:  3-23 

The  Reverend  Henry  Alexander  White,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Professor  of  New  Testament  Literature  and  Exegesis 

Columbia  Theological  Seminary 

Columbia,  South  Carolina 

Prayer 

The  Reverend  William  Douglas  Mackenzie,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

President  of  Hartford  Theological  Seminary 

Hartford,  Connecticut 

Address 

ON  SOME  CHUKCH  PROBLEMS 

The  Right  Reverend  Alexander  Stewart,  M.A.,  D.D. 

Principal  of  St.  Mary's  College  and 

Primarius  Professor  of  Divinity  in  the  University  of  St.  Andrews 

Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Church  of  Scotland 

Address 

A  SCOTTISH  ESTIMATE  OF  PRINCETON  THEOLOGY 

The  Right  Reverend  James  Wells,  M.A.,  D.D. 

Minister  of  the  West  Church,  Pollokshields,  Glasgow 

Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 

United  Free  Church  of  Scotland 

Hymn 

"0  God  of  Bethel,  by  whose  hand" 
£332] 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 
Address 

IRISH  AND  AMERICAN  PRESBYTERIANISM 

The  Right  Reverend  John  Macmillan,  B.A.,  D.D. 

Minister  of  the  Cooke  Centenary  Church,  Belfast 

Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian 

Church  in  Ireland 

Prayer 

The  Reverend  Charles  Fremont  Sitterly,  Ph.D.,  S.T.D. 

Professor  of  Biblical  Literature  and  Exegesis  of  the  English  Bible 

Drew  Theological  Seminary,  Madison,  New  Jersey 

Hymn 

' '  Now  thank  we  all  our  God ' ' 

Benediction 

The  Reverend  James  D.  McCulloch,  D.D. 

Principal  of  the  Free  Church  College 

Edinburgh 


ONE-THIRTY  P.  M. 

THE  CASINO 

Commemorative  Luncheon 

The  Reverend  Ethelbert  Dudley  Warfield,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

President  of  the  Board  of  Directors 

Presiding 

Grace 

The  Reverend  Thomas  Reese  English,  D.D. 

Henry  Young  Professor  of  Biblical  Literature  and  the 

Interpretation  of  the  New  Testament 

Union  Theological  Seminary,  Richmond,  Virginia 

C333  3 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Congratulatory  Speeches 

From  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America 
The  Reverend  William  Henry  Roberts,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Stated  Clerk  of  the  General  Assembly- 
American  Secretary  of  the  World  Presbyterian  Alliance 

From  the  Other  Presbyterian  and  Reformed  Churches 

The  Reverend  John  Crawford  Scouller,  D.D. 

Pastor  of  the  Fourth  United  Presbyterian  Church,  Philadelphia 

Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  United 

Presbyterian  Church  of  North  America 

From  Other  Churches 

The  Right  Reverend  David  Hummell  Greer,  D.D.,  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 

Diocese  of  New  York 

From  the  Seminaries  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 

in  the  United  States  of  America 

The  Reverend  James  Gore  King  McClure,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

President  of  McCormick  Theological  Seminary 

Chicago,  Illinois 

From  the  Seminaries  of  Other  Churches 

The  Reverend  Williston  Walker,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  L.H.D. 

Titus  Street  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History 

Yale  University  Divinity  School 

New  Haven,  Connecticut 

and 

The  Reverend  Edgar  Young  Mullins,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

President  of  the  Southern  Baptist  Theological  Seminary 

Louisville,  Kentucky 

From  Princeton  University 

The  Reverend  John  Grier  Hebben,  Ph.D.,  LL.D. 

President  of  Princeton  University 

[3341] 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Response 

The  Reverend  Francis  Landey  Patton,  D.D.,  LL.D. 
President  of  the  Seminary 

Benediction 

The  Reverend  James  Isaac  Good,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Professor  of  Reformed  Church  History  in  the 

Central  Theological  Seminary,  Dayton,  Ohio 

President  of  the  General  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Church 

in  the  United  States 


[335] 


SERMONS  AND  ADDRESSES 


PRINCETON  SEMINARY  AND  THE  FAITH 

SERMON 

BY  THE  REVEEEND  FRANCIS  LANDEY  PATTON,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Stuart  Professor  of  Ethics,  Princeton  University 

President  of  the  Seminary 

"  Beloved,  when  I  gave  all  diligence  to  write  unto  you 
of  the  common  salvation,  it  was  needful  for  me  to  write 
unto  you,  and  exhort  you  that  ye  should  earnestly  con- 
tend for  the  faith  which  was  once  delivered  unto  the 
saints. ' '   Jude  3. 

PRINCETON  Theological  Seminary  opened  its  doors 
a  hundred  years  ago  with  one  professor  and  three 
students— a  ratio  of  instructor  to  pupils  which  ought  to 
satisfy  the  most  exacting  demands  of  modern  pedagogy. 
Dr.  Miller  was  associated  with  Dr.  Alexander  a  little  later, 
and  soon  after  that  Dr.  Hodge,  then  a  very  young  man, 
began  his  long  career  as  a  member  of  the  teaching  staff. 
These  three  men,  as  Mr.  Dulles  has  well  said,  determined 
the  character  of  Princeton  Seminary.  We  like  to  think 
that  the  institution  has  not  lost  the  spirit  of  fervent 
piety  into  which  it  was  baptized  in  its  infancy,  and  that 
the  stamp  of  religious  character  which  was  impressed 
upon  it  at  the  beginning  has  not  been  altogether  effaced. 
Dr.  Alexander  was  an  acute  thinker  on  theological  and 
philosophical  subjects,  a  man  of  great  sagacity,  keen  in 
his  analysis  of  religious  states,  and  very  spiritually 
minded.    Dr.  Miller  was  a  courtly  gentleman  of  elegant 

H339  3 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

scholarship  and  wide  reading.  He  was  an  industrious 
writer  and  a  stalwart  defender  of  the  great  principles 
of  Presbyterian  doctrine  and  polity.  Dr.  Hodge  came  to 
his  position  with  special  equipment  for  his  work.  He 
had  enjoyed  the  advantage  of  study  in  Germany,  and 
was  fully  abreast  of  the  theological  controversies  of  his 
day.  He  won  enduring  fame  as  exegete,  controversial- 
ist, ecclesiastic  and  dogmatician ;  lived  in  the  service  of 
the  Seminary  to  a  ripe  old  age,  and  garnered  the  wisdom 
and  experience  of  his  life  in  his  "  Systematic  Theology". 
With  these  men  there  was  associated  later  on  Dr.  Jo- 
seph Addison  Alexander,  a  man  of  rare  literary  genius 
and  great  linguistic  attainments,  who  served  the  Semi- 
nary with  remarkable  power  and  efficiency  until  the  time 
of  his  death.  Dr.  John  Breckinridge  was  also  a  profes- 
sor in  the  Seminary  for  a  short  time  during  the  early 
years  of  its  history,  but  he  left  it  to  enter  upon  another 
form  of  ministerial  labor ;  and  the  same  is  to  be  said  of 
Dr.  James  W.  Alexander,  whose  distinguished  career  as 
pastor  of  what  is  now  known  as  the  Fifth  Avenue  Pres- 
byterian Church  is  one  of  the  brightest  pages  in  the  an- 
nals of  the  American  pulpit. 

Dr.  William  Henry  Green,  whom  many  of  us  still  re- 
member, entered  upon  the  work  of  instruction  in  the 
Seminary  when  he  was  quite  young,  and  like  Dr.  Charles 
Hodge  filled  the  full  tale  of  fifty  years  in  the  Seminary's 
service.  He  did  conspicuous  work  in  the  department  of 
Old  Testament  Literature,  achieved  a  world-wide  repu- 
tation as  an  able  supporter  of  conservative  views  in  re- 
gard to  Old  Testament  criticism,  and  rendered  a  lasting 
service  to  the  church  by  his  defence  of  the  Mosaic  au- 
thorship of  the  Pentateuch.  Dr.  Hodge  had  as  his  suc- 
cessors two  sons  who,  during  the  later  years  of  his  life, 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

acted  as  his  colleagues.  Dr.  Archibald  Alexander  Hodge, 
a  man  of  less  learning  than  his  father,  but,  as  I  think,  of 
more  genius,  took  the  chair  of  Systematic  Theology.  He 
was  distinguished  by  keen  metaphysical  insight  and  a 
marvelous  power  of  extemporaneous  expression.  Dr. 
Caspar  Wistar  Hodge,  the  distinguished  successor  of 
Dr.  Addison  Alexander,  added  the  work  of  exegetical 
theology  to  his  previous  duties  as  professor  of  New 
Testament  Literature.  He  was  a  man  of  refined  scholar- 
ship, of  sane  and  penetrating  judgment,  and  command- 
ing influence.  He  was  an  inspiring  teacher,  and  was 
singularly  reverent  in  his  attitude  toward  the  Scriptures. 
Following  Dr.  Hodge  in  the  chair  of  New  Testament 
Literature  came  Dr.  Purves,  the  pupil  succeeding  his 
teacher  as  Dr.  Hodge  had  succeeded  his.  Dr.  Purves, 
after  several  years  of  service  in  the  Seminary,  resigned 
his  position  to  take  the  same  pulpit  in  New  York  which 
Dr.  James  W.  Alexander  had  taken  years  before.  Dr. 
Purves  was  one  of  those  rare  men  who  combine  in  equal 
degree  the  qualities  of  an  exact  scholar  and  a  popular 
preacher. 

Dr.  Moffat,  a  man  of  fine  classical  scholarship,  suc- 
ceeded Dr.  Miller  in  the  department  of  Church  History. 
Coming  to  his  position  from  the  chair  of  Greek  in  the 
College  of  New  Jersey,  it  was  not  to  be  expected  that  he 
would  feel  a  deep  interest  in  the  discussion  of  theological 
subtleties.  He  preferred  to  look  at  church  history  on  its 
literary  side ;  and  he  accordingly  presented  the  story  of 
the  church's  life  in  the  form  of  flowing  and  interesting 
narrative.  Dr.  Aiken  served  the  Seminary  with  unfail- 
ing ability  and  fidelity  during  the  twenty  years  of  his 
life  among  us,  bringing  to  the  work  of  his  chair  the  re- 
sources of  a  broad  and  exact  scholarship  and,  though  la- 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

boring  under  the  great  disadvantage  of  growing  enfee- 
blement  during  the  later  years  of  his  life,  is  still  remem- 
bered as  one  who  with  great  patience  and  self-sacrifice 
devoted  himself  to  the  defence  of  the  gospel. 

Dr.  McGill  was  a  professor  in  the  Seminary  as  far 
back  as  when  I  was  a  student  here :  a  man  of  great  sub- 
tlety of  thought,  mighty  in  the  Scriptures,  singularly 
copious  and  felicitous  in  prayer,  an  exceptionally  fine 
teacher  of  homiletics  and  an  able  defender  of  the  Pres- 
byterian form  of  church  government,  though  I  confess 
that  in  his  zeal  for  a  jure  divino  polity  he  sometimes 
seemed  to  me  to  put  a  burden  upon  certain  proof  texts 
greater  than  they  were  able  to  bear.  Dr.  Paxton  suc- 
ceeded Dr.  McGill,  bringing  with  him  the  ripe  experi- 
ences of  large  pastorates  in  Pittsburgh  and  New  York, 
particularly  in  that  historic  church  in  the  latter  city 
whose  members— I  refer  especially  to  the  Lenox  family 
—have  done  so  much  for  this  Seminary  and  for  our 
Church  at  large.  He  was  no  novice  in  the  department  of 
Homiletics,  for  he  had  lectured  on  this  subject  before, 
both  in  Pittsburgh  and  New  York;  and  the  art  of 
preaching  had  enlisted  his  deepest  interest  during  his 
entire  ministry. 

These  men  of  course  were  not  all  alike;  but  they  all 
spoke  the  same  thing  and  there  were  no  divisions  among 
them.  There  may  be  some  advantage  in  giving  students 
object  lessons  in  independent  thinking  by  allowing  them 
to  hear  the  opinions  of  one  professor  flatly  contradicted 
by  the  teaching  of  another  professor  in  an  adjoining 
classroom.  But  this  advantage,  whatever  it  be,  is  in  my 
humble  judgment  more  than  counterbalanced  by  the 
advantage  of  institutional  solidarity  which  has  been  so 
conspicuously  manifested  in  the  history  of  Princeton 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Theological  Seminary.  Some  of  the  men  to  whom  I  have 
referred  brought  with  them  the  ripe  results  of  a  long  ex- 
perience in  the  pastorate.  This  is  a  matter  for  which  we 
should  be  profoundly  grateful.  There  should  always  be  in 
the  Seminary— as  there  are  today,  and  never  in  larger 
proportion  than  today— a  number  of  men  who  when  they 
speak  to  students  in  regard  to  the  work  upon  which  they 
are  about  to  enter  can  speak  out  of  an  affluent  minis- 
terial experience.  But  of  course  it  would  hardly  do  to 
say  that  every  professor  in  a  theological  seminary 
should  first  of  all  go  through  the  apprenticeship  of  pas- 
toral experience.  We  should  at  least  find  it  difficult  to 
adjust  such  a  view  to  the  attitude  we  have  taken  toward 
some  of  the  most  distinguished  men  who  have  adorned 
the  chairs  of  this  Seminary.  Dr.  Charles  Hodge  never 
had  a  pastorate  so  far  as  my  knowledge  goes.  Dr.  Addi- 
son Alexander  was  never  a  pastor.  Dr.  Green  I  believe 
was  a  pastor  for  a  short  time,  but  I  do  not  suppose  that 
his  experience  in  that  capacity  was  of  much  help  to  him 
as  a  student  of  Old  Testament  criticism.  Dr.  Caspar 
Wistar  Hodge  was  a  pastor  for  a  few  years,  but  I  imag- 
ine that  this  can  be  regarded  as  a  negligible  element  in 
his  equipment  for  the  chair  of  New  Testament  Litera- 
ture. It  is  safe  to  say  that  a  man  can  no  longer  enter 
upon  a  professorship  that  calls  for  exact  scholarship  and 
wide  reading  after  long  service  in  the  pastorate  and 
hope  to  render  the  kind  and  degree  of  service  that  is  ex- 
pected of  a  professor  in  these  days.  The  reason  is  obvi- 
ous. The  functions  of  the  pastor  and  of  the  professor 
have  been  so  differentiated  in  these  latter  years  that  the 
minister  of  a  modern  church  has  no  time  for  the  acquisi- 
tion of  highly  specialized  learning,  and  the  work  of  a 
professorship,  at  least  in  some  of  the  departments  of  the 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

theological  curriculum,  involves  such  exact  knowledge 
and  wide  reading  that  the  best  results  can  be  hoped  for 
only  in  one  who  enters  early  in  life  upon  the  duties  of  his 
chair  and  gives  his  undivided  interest  to  them. 

The  theological  attitude  of  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  is,  I  think,  pretty  well  understood:  but  lest 
there  should  be  any  misapprehension  as  to  what  that  at- 
titude is,  I  wish  to  say  a  word,  even  at  the  risk  of  taxing 
your  patience  somewhat,  in  regard  to  our  theological 
position.  I  do  not  for  a  moment  deny  that  there  may  be 
a  place  in  the  world  for  an  institution  the  professors  of 
which  work  in  the  unhampered  exercise  of  their  judg- 
ment in  the  search  for  theological  truth ;  but  in  the  na- 
ture of  the  case  the  seminary  which  is  ecclesiastical  in 
its  origin  and  relationships  and  which  does  its  work  un- 
der the  rubric  of  confessional  obligations  cannot  have 
that  sort  of  freedom.  Princeton  Theological  Seminary, 
as  you  all  know,  is  the  creature  of  the  Presbyterian  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  and  is  committed  by  the  terms  of  its  con- 
stitution to  the  propagation  and  defence  of  the  Re- 
formed Theology.  Therefore  you  need  not  be  surprised 
when  told  that  during  the  hundred  years  of  its  history 
it  has  been  a  conservative  institution.  Now,  I  am  not 
ashamed  of  being  conservative  on  any  subject,  and  least 
of  all  have  I  any  misgivings  in  regard  to  conservatism 
in  theology ;  but  then  there  are  several  kinds  of  conser- 
vatism, and  if  you  will  bear  with  me  I  will  say  a  word 
or  two  in  regard  to  some  of  these  forms  of  conservatism. 

There  is,  for  example,  what  I  may  call  the  conserva- 
tism of  ignorance.  I  do  not  use  the  expression  in  any 
disparaging  sense;  and,  what  is  more,  I  have  great  re- 
spect for  conservatism  of  the  kind  I  have  mentioned. 
We  cannot  well  begin  our  work  in  any  department  with- 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

out  some  assumptions.  Just  what  these  assumptions 
shall  be  will  depend  upon  circumstances.  You  do  not 
expect  a  political  economist,  for  example,  to  preface  his 
lectures  with  a  theory  of  the  universe,  though  some  the- 
ory of  the  universe  must  underlie  what  he  has  to  say. 
It  may  therefore  very  easily  happen  that  a  man  who 
starts  with  the  assumption  that  the  Bible  is  the  word  of 
God  may  do  very  valuable  work  as  an  expounder  of  the 
Bible  though  he  know  but  little  of  the  arguments  where- 
with his  assumption  is  discredited.  If  in  our  chairs  of 
historical  criticism  our  object  is  so  to  discuss  the  ques- 
tions regarding  the  authorship  of  the  books  of  the  New 
Testament  that  our  students  may  thereby  be  the  more 
confident  of  their  position  as  to  the  divine  authority  of 
the  New  Testament,  who  shall  say  that  those  who  with- 
out any  minute  acquaintance  with  contrary  positions  al- 
ready believe  in  that  authority  may  not  do  a  most  impor- 
tant work  in  the  presentation  of  the  truths  of  Scripture 
to  their  congregations?  If  a  man  should  say  to  me,  "I 
take  the  Bible  as  the  word  of  God.  This  is  my  great  as- 
sumption; and  with  such  fluency  of  speech  and  power 
of  exposition  as  have  been  given  to  me,  I  preach  it  to  the 
world",  I  for  my  part  am  ready  to  say  that  he  is  fulfill- 
ing a  most  important  function.  If  our  object  in  our 
chairs  of  historical  criticism  is  to  lead  men  to  a  sure 
knowledge  that  the  Bible  is  God's  word,  and  there  are 
men  who  have  already  got  there  without  being  led  there, 
and  they  with  this  supreme  unchallenged  assumption 
are  ready  to  go  out  and  preach  the  word,  then  in  God's 
name  let  them  go  and  may  God  bless  them !  I  have  noth- 
ing to  say  against  this  sort  of  conservatism,  but  I  ought 
to  say  at  the  same  time  that  this  is  not  the  type  of  con- 
servatism which  we  are  seeking  to  illustrate  here. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Then  again  there  is  the  conservatism  of  the  advocate. 
A  man,  that  is  to  say,  may  feel  that  he  holds  a  brief  for 
a  certain  opinion  or  set  of  opinions  and  that  he  is  called 
upon  to  defend  these  opinions  with  a  certain  amount  of 
enthusiasm.  The  objection  will  immediately  be  made 
that  he  is  not  free  in  his  search  for  truth,  that  he  is 
handicapped  by  having  his  conclusions  made  for  him  in 
advance,  and  that  he  knows  when  he  begins  his  inquiry 
just  what  is  to  be  looked  for  at  the  end  of  the  road. 
There  is  a  certain  amount  of  force  in  this  criticism 
which  I  do  not  overlook,  though  I  think  that  far  too 
much  is  made  of  it.  But  we  must  be  careful,  in  acknow- 
ledging the  element  of  justice  in  the  criticism,  not  to  fall 
into  the  very  common  mistake  of  supposing  that  a  man's 
position  as  an  advocate  operates  to  the  prejudice  of  his 
full  knowledge  of  the  facts.  Biassed  he  may  be,  but 
ignorant  he  need  not  be.  When  the  muniments  of  title 
are  assailed,  it  is  likely  that  the  defendant's  counsel 
knows  the  strength  of  his  opponent's  case  quite  as  well 
as  he  does  himself.  He  is  none  the  less  possessed  of  legal 
knowledge  and  forensic  skill  because  he  has  espoused  a 
cause  and  advocates  it  with  the  warmth  of  a  partisan. 
He  may  not  be  as  dispassionate  as  the  judge,  but  he 
ought  to  know  quite  as  well  as  the  judge  the  full  value  of 
the  facts.  It  is  quite  possible,  however,  that  an  apolo- 
gete  may  come  to  feel  that  he  has  espoused  a  cause  that 
he  cannot  honestly  defend;  and  under  these  circum- 
stances, if  he  is  an  honest  man,  he  will  throw  down  his 
brief  and  retire  from  the  case.  I  am  not  ashamed  to 
admit  that  our  Princeton  theologians  have  to  a  great 
extent  been  advocates.  They  have  felt  that  their  func- 
tion was  forensic  as  well  as  didactic.  They  have  spoken 
and  written  in  the  warm  glow  of  enthusiasm.    They  have 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

used  well  the  weapons  of  controversy,  and  they  have 
given  expression  to  their  thoughts  through  the  copious 
vocabulary  of  invective,  ridicule  and  sarcasm,  and  in  the 
use  of  the  hot  rhetoric  of  telling  phrase  and  pungent  ar- 
gument. I  confess  that  I  miss  this  in  the  theological  dis- 
cussions of  today,  and  I  sometimes  think  that  we  lose 
in  force  what  we  gain  in  politeness. 

There  is,  however,  a  third  type  of  conservatism ;  and 
that  is  the  conservatism  of  calm  scientific  conviction. 
Now  this  scientific  attitude  toward  open  questions  in 
theology  is  more  suited  to  the  psychological  climate  in 
which  we  live  today.  Men  feel  that  epithets  are  not  ar- 
guments, and  that  you  can  get  better  and  more  perma- 
nent results  through  a  calm  statement  of  the  facts  than 
you  can  through  fine  writing  and  florid  rhetoric.  I  sym- 
pathize with  this  view  very  heartily.  And  still  I  miss 
the  enthusiasm  of  the  old  controversies  too ;  and  I  would 
like  to  remind  the  younger  theologians  of  the  fact  that 
they  are  defenders  as  well  as  investigators.  Princeton 
Seminary,  it  is  true,  has  taken  a  leading  place  in  theo- 
logical controversy;  but  she  has  shown  herself  capable 
also  of  placid  scientific  inquiry,  and  we  have  a  good  il- 
lustration of  both  the  polemic  and  the  scientific  conser- 
vatism of  the  Seminary  in  the  controversial  articles  of 
Dr.  Charles  Hodge  on  the  one  hand  and  in  his  "  Sys- 
tematic Theology"  on  the  other. 

Let  us  remember,  then,  that  Princeton  Seminary  by 
its  constitution  is  committed  to  that  body  of  divinity 
known  as  the  Augustinian  or  Calvinistic  Theology.  This 
theology  presupposes  of  course  the  great  truths  of  Natu- 
ral Theology  and  the  divine  authority  of  the  Bible.  The 
whole  area  of  controversial  theology  was  therefore  prop- 
erly within  the  purview  of  the  Princeton  theologians. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Still  the  great  debates  were  on  grounds  which  presup- 
posed the  theological  prolegomena  to  which  I  have  just 
referred.  In  the  early  days  of  the  Seminary's  life  phil- 
osophy did  not  enter  largely  into  the  reading  of  a  min- 
ister. In  fact  philosophy  was  very  little  read  by  any- 
body. Mr.  Riley,  in  his  book  on  American  Philosophy, 
brings  together  the  evidence  of  philosophical  activity  in 
this  country  during  the  eighteenth  and  early  part  of  the 
nineteenth  century,  but  it  makes  a  poor  showing.  There 
was  some  idealism  in  New  Haven ;  Priestley  had  a  few 
followers  in  Pennsylvania ;  and  there  was  some  literary 
and  a  somewhat  amateurish  pantheism  in  New  England : 
but  philosophy  was  not  a  large  factor  in  our  theology; 
and  in  our  colleges  the  Scottish  philosophy  of  common 
sense  was  what  was  generally  taught.  It  is  likewise  true 
that  acute  interest  in  the  questions  of  the  Higher  Criti- 
cism came  at  a  later  date.  We  were  slow  to  recognize 
the  immigration  of  German  thought  as  having  any  im- 
portant bearing  upon  our  theological  life.  Accordingly 
theological  controversy  was  largely  of  an  interdenomi- 
national sort.  We  discussed  Presbyterianism  versus 
Prelacy ;  and  infant  baptism  in  opposition  to  those  who 
denied  its  Scriptural  warrant.  We  had  debates  on  the 
Trinity  and  the  Divinity  of  Christ.  We  fought  over 
again  the  battle  between  Calvinism  and  Arminianism; 
and  against  the  sects  that  rose  up  to  contradict  it,  we 
defended  the  traditional  doctrine  of  future  retribution. 
These  discussions  for  the  most  part  proceeded  upon  exe- 
getical  grounds,  each  side  maintaining  that  its  position 
was  the  doctrine  of  the  Bible,  and  neither  disputing  that 
the  Bible  was  authoritative.  In  all  these  discussions 
Princeton  Seminary  bore  an  honorable  part  and  ren- 
dered important  service. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

There  was  also  in  the  family  of  Churches  holding  the 
Reformed  Theology  an  intra- Calvinistic  development. 
Under  the  influence  of  the  New  England  theologians, 
such  as  Emmons,  Hopkins,  Edwards,  Taylor  and  Park, 
there  grew  up  certain  modifications  of  the  Calvinistic 
system  which  constitute  a  very  important  chapter  in  the 
history  of  opinion  in  America.  I  always  had  great  re- 
spect for  the  New  England  theologians.  I  used  to  read 
them,  and  have  never  ceased  to  admire  them,  and  by  that 
I  mean  that  I  still  cherish  the  admiring  recollection  I 
have  of  them.  They  were  original,  they  were  indepen- 
dent. These  discussions  were  largely  ethico-metaphysi- 
cal.  They  dwelt  on  the  problem  of  God's  relation  to  the 
world,  and  of  the  human  will.  They  entered  with  great 
minuteness  of  discrimination  into  anthropological  in- 
quiries respecting  original  sin  and  the  distinction  be- 
tween natural  and  moral  inability.  Our  friends  in  New 
England  did  a  great  work,  and  as  I  have  already  inti- 
mated opened  a  splendid  chapter  in  the  history  of 
opinion.  They  built  their  tabernacle  with  strict  regard 
to  the  plans  and  specifications  of  their  architects.  We 
have  nothing  but  admiration  for  the  fine  lines  of  the 
structure,  but  we  somehow  feel  that  they  departed  some- 
what from  the  pattern  shown  us  in  the  mount. 

•  Now  Princeton  Seminary,  it  should  be  said,  never  con- 
tributed anything  to  these  modifications  of  the  Calvinis- 
tic system.  She  went  on  defending  the  traditions  of  the 
Reformed  Theology.  You  may  say  she  was  not  original : 
perhaps  so,  but  then,  neither  was  she  provincial.  She 
had  no  oddities  of  manner,  no  shibboleths,  no  pet 
phrases,  no  theological  labels,  no  trademark.  She  sim- 
ply taught  the  old  Calvinistic  Theology  without  modifi- 
cation: and  she  made  obstinate  resistance  to  the  modi- 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

fications  proposed  elsewhere,  as  being  in  their  logical 
results  subversive  of  the  Reformed  faith.  There  has 
been  a  New  Haven  theology  and  an  Andover  theology; 
but  there  never  was  a  distinctively  Princeton  theology. 
Princeton's  boast,  if  she  have  reason  to  boast  at  all,  is 
her  unswerving  fidelity  to  the  theology  of  the  Reforma- 
tion. Semper  eadem  is  a  motto  that  would  well  befit  her. 
The  theological  position  of  Princeton  Seminary  is  ex- 
actly the  same  today  that  it  was  a  hundred  years  ago. 
This  may  seem  like  a  strange  statement  to  make  about  a 
living  institution  in  this  very  progressive  age.  We  have 
of  course  put  a  new  interpretation  on  the  " days"  of 
Genesis ;  and  in  other  particulars  have  used  the  results 
of  science  to  help  us  in  the  interpretation  of  the  Scrip- 
tures. I  am  speaking  now,  however,  of  the  distinctive 
dogmatic  content  of  the  Reformed  Theology.  We  are  in 
possession  of  new  material  for  studying  the  historical 
problems  connected  with  the  origin  and  growth  of  Bibli- 
cal Literature.  We  have  a  better  text  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment and  a  better  understanding  of  the  meaning  of  the 
New  Testament  than  were  possessed  by  those  to  whom 
this  Seminary  owes  the  beginnings  of  its  life.  But  have 
any  of  these  improvements  made  necessary  any  modifi- 
cation of  our  belief  as  to  the  authority  of  Scripture  or 
as  to  the  dogmatic  content  of  the  Scripture  ?  I  am  not 
aware  of  any  such  necessity.  Why  then  should  our  doc- 
trinal position  undergo  a  change?  -I  can  think  of  several 
things  that  might  be  said  in  reply  to  this  question,  but  I 
do  not  feel  that  any  of  them  should  influence  us  very 
materially.  "Do  you  mean  to  tell  us"— I  can  imagine 
some  one  saying— "that  you  still  adhere  to  that  old  the- 
ology of  the  Reformers  which  men  in  these  days  have  so 
generally  abandoned?"    I  am  not  aware,  to  begin  with, 

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that  it  is  so  generally  abandoned.  But  if  it  were,  that 
would  not  prove  it  to  be  untrue.  It  would  only  prove 
that  it  is  not  fashionable.  Professor  James  remarks 
somewhere  in  one  of  his  later  books  that ' '  souls  are  not 
fashionable".  Some  of  us  nevertheless  go  on  believing 
in  " souls",  hoping  that  by  and  by  there  will  be  a  reac- 
tion, and  that  some  of  our  philosophical  friends  will  re- 
consider their  hasty  attitude  toward  the  spiritual  side  of 
our  nature.  This  is  the  way  we  feel  toward  the  old  the- 
ology.   It  may  come  into  fashion  again. 

"Has  not  modern  philosophy  made  it  difficult,  if  not 
impossible,  to  maintain  the  positions  of  the  old  theol- 
ogy?" some  one  else  may  ask.  I  am  not  aware  of  that 
state  of  things.  I  know  that  certain  forms  of  philosoph- 
ical opinion  are  incompatible  with  dogmatic  Christian- 
ity, but  I  do  not  know  of  any  necessity  for  adopting 
those  forms  of  philosophical  opinion.  "Can  you  con- 
tinue to  hold",  one  may  ask,  "the  numerical  distinction 
between  God  and  the  world  in  view  of  the  teaching  of 
contemporary  metaphysic  % ' '  Quite  as  well,  I  answer,  as 
we  could  when  Spinoza  identified  natura  naturans  and 
natura  naturata.  Not  all  philosophers  are  pantheists,  and 
if  they  were,  I  should  not  feel  under  obligation  to  accept 
their  teaching.  I  know  that  psychology  is  invading  the 
field  of  theology,  and  some  of  its  representatives  are  try- 
ing to  explain  "conversion"  by  expressing  the  change 
involved  in  it  in  the  terms  of  a  natural  process.  My 
judgment  is  that  they  have  met  with  very  indifferent 
success  in  their  endeavor  to  desupernaturalize  conver- 
sion :  but  it  interests  me  to  notice  that  just  now  when  the 
ministers  seem  disposed  to  stop  talking  about  conversion 
the  psychologists  are  turning  their  attention  to  it. 

Still  again  it  may  be  said  that  the  Christian  conscious- 


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ness,  if  it  has  not  changed  the  meaning  of  the  great  doc- 
trines of  Christianity,  has  given  us  a  new  scale  of  values 
in  regard  to  them.  But  that  is  only  on  the  assumption 
that  the  so-called  Christian  consciousness  has  a  right  to 
supplement  the  Scriptures  or  contradict  their  obvious 
meaning.  If  there  is  any  value  at  all  in  the  argument 
based  on  the  Christian  consciousness,  it  is  to  the  effect 
that  the  New  Testament  is  itself  only  an  expression  of  the 
religious  consciousness  of  the  period  in  which  it  was  writ- 
ten and  may  therefore  be  set  aside  by  the  Christian  con- 
sciousness of  today  whenever  the  religious  experiences 
of  the  two  periods  do  not  coincide.  I  should  like  to  know, 
however,  by  what  process  we  could  secure  a  consensus  of 
opinion  that  might  be  taken  as  an  expression  of  the  re- 
ligious consciousness  of  today,  and  I  should  like  to 
know,  moreover,  what  authority  it  would  possess  if  we 
had  it.  What  basis  should  we  have  for  religious  certi- 
tude, once  we  conceded  that  our  only  reason  for  faith  is 
found  in  the  religious  consciousness,  and  that  as  the  re- 
ligious consciousness  of  yesterday  is  set  aside  by  the  re- 
ligious consciousness  of  today,  so  also  the  religious  con- 
sciousness of  today  may  be  contradicted  by  the  religious 
consciousness  of  tomorrow  ? 

Once  more  our  objector  may  say  that  it  is  not  a  differ- 
ence in  the  interpretation  of  the  Scripture  but  a  differ- 
ence of  attitude  toward  the  Scripture  which  makes  the 
old  theology  unpalatable  to  the  modern  mind.  "Our 
change  of  belief",  he  would  say,  "is  not  due  to  exegesis 
or  historical  criticism.  Grammar  and  logic  have  had 
little  to  do  with  our  changed  theological  position.  We 
reverence  the  writings— say  those  of  Paul— but  we  do 
not  read  them  literally;  we  see  in  their  concrete  state- 
ments the  embodiment  of  great  transcendental  ideas." 

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This  is  an  implied  admission  that  if  we  do  read  Paul  lit- 
erally it  is  hard  to  escape  the  conclusion  that  Paul  be- 
lieved what  the  Christian  world  has  always  supposed 
that  he  believed.    And  the  issue  I  am  convinced  is  really 
whether  we  shall  go  on  believing  in  what  Paul  teaches 
or  give  him  up  altogether.    I  cannot  attach  much  value 
to  what  I  have  just  referred  to  as  a  new  attitude  toward 
Paul  and  the  other  writers  of  the  New  Testament.    And 
yet  I  would  not  be  wilfully  blind  to  a  certain  element  of 
truth  that  may  underlie  this  view  of  the  matter.    For  I 
am  not  prepared  to  say  that  the  language  of  the  New 
Testament,  with  its  imagery  borrowed  from  the  world  of 
sense,  adequately  expresses  all  that  it  was  intended  to 
convey.    I  am  not  prepared  to  say  that  there  are  not 
some  great  ideas  pertaining  to  the  world  of  spiritual 
values  which  Paul's  language  borrowed  from  the  world 
of  fact  but  imperfectly  adumbrated.    Be  that  as  it  may, 
however,  it  is  still  true  that  when  we  impute  to  Paul  a 
meaning  which  in  all  probability  had  never  entered  his 
mind,  and  deny  to  his  words  the  meaning  that  he  evi- 
dently meant  them  to  have,  we  are  handling  the  word  of 
God  deceitfully :  and  whether  we  do  so  in  the  icy  speech 
of  Hegelian  philosophy  after  the  style  of  Edward  Caird 
in  his  Gifford  Lectures,  or  in  the  fervid  words  of  a  vague 
and  almost  pietistic  mysticism  after  the  manner  of  Fa- 
ther Tyrrell  in  his  "Christianity  at  the  Crossroads" 
matters  not.    In  either  case  we  are  reading  into  the  New 
Testament  what  the  writers  of  the  New  Testament  never 
intended.    There  is  then  but  one  honest  course  to  follow : 
either  give  up  the  Scriptures  as  no  longer  having  au- 
thority, or  take  them  at  their  face  value  and  in  their 
plain  and  obvious  meaning. 

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But  while  I  say  that  the  theological  position  of 
Princeton  Seminary  has  remained  unchanged  I  am  very 
free  to  admit  that  the  issues  of  today  are  different  from 
those  of  a  former  generation.  The  Calvinistic  theology 
is  a  view  of  the  world  which  takes  account  of  the  whole 
field  of  human  conduct.  All  in  fact  that  pertains  to  be- 
ing, duty  and  destiny  falls  within  its  purview.  Believ- 
ing in  the  existence  of  a  personal  God  we  feel  bound  to 
interpret  all  events  in  the  terms  and  under  the  great  cat- 
egory of  the  divine  purpose.  If  we  believe  in  the  incar- 
nation we  must  believe  that  it  was  included  in  that  pur- 
pose. If  we  believe  that  salvation  is  through  faith,  it  is 
very  hard  to  escape  the  conviction  that  both  the  salva- 
tion and  the  faith  which  is  instrumental  to  it  are  to  be 
included  in  that  purpose. 

All  problems  of  ethics,  all  questions  of  duty,  all  phases 
of  individual  and  social  morality  are  therefore  legiti- 
mately within  the  sphere  of  the  Calvinistic  theology.  All 
the  moral  sciences  and  all  the  speculations  of  philoso- 
phers in  regard  to  human  conduct  must  come  under  the 
view  of  him  who  looks  upon  conduct  as  related  to  a  su- 
preme norm  of  Right  and  an  ideal  conception  of  the 
Good.  In  the  nature  of  the  case,  therefore,  we  must  oc- 
cupy a  great  deal  of  territory  in  common  with  our  breth- 
ren in  other  communions.  With  our  friends  in  the  Ro- 
man Catholic  Church  we  protest  against  all  forms  of 
naturalistic  and  pantheistic  philosophy;  and  we  share 
with  them  the  common  heritage  of  the  Christian  world 
as  it  is  embodied  in  the  Nicene  and  Chalcedonian  theol- 
ogy. With  our  brethren  in  the  Lutheran,  Anglican  and 
Arminian  communions  we  hold  to  the  great  principles 
of  Protestantism  and  repudiate  the  corruptions  of  doc- 
trine which  have  crept  into  the  Church  of  Rome.    And 

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more  than  that,  the  things  wherein  we  agree  with  our 
brethren  of  other  Christian  communions  are  more  im- 
portant than  those  in  which  we  differ.  We  can  therefore 
enter  cordially  into  sympathetic  relation  with  the  irenic 
spirit  which  is  so  characteristic  of  our  times,  and  that 
without  ignoring  or  pushing  into  the  background  the  dis- 
tinguishing features  of  the  Reformed  Theology.  Those 
distinguishing  features  I  need  not  say  concern  the  posi- 
tion of  the  Reformed  Theology  in  regard  to  the  divine 
purpose  and  the  doctrines  of  grace  in  relation  to  that 
purpose.  I  know  you  will  understand  me  when  I  say  that 
the  points  which  distinguish  our  theology  are  not  neces- 
sarily those  of  greatest  controversial  importance  at  the 
present  day.  Intrinsically  they  are  as  important  as  they 
ever  were,  but  relatively  they  are  of  less  importance. '  In 
other  words,  there  has  been  a  subsidence  of  interest  in 
regard  to  some  questions  due  largely  to  the  emergence  of 
acute  controversial  interest  in  other  and  more  funda- 
mental issues.  Men  are  not  discussing  the  question  re- 
garding the  subjects  or  the  mode  of  baptism.  The  day 
of  hot  controversy  between  Calvinists  and  Arminians 
has  passed.  Men  are  not  writing  treatises  on  theories  of 
inspiration.  They  are  not  discussing  the  question  of  the 
Adamic  relationship  or  of  this,  that  and  the  other  view 
of  the  atonement.  The  reason  is  not  that  these  questions 
are  of  no  importance  or  of  little  importance— and  I 
think  there  is  far  too  much  indifference  to  their  signifi- 
cance—but that  the  thought  of  the  theological  world  has 
been  occupied  in  recent  years  and  is  still  occupied  with 
questions  which  bear  more  radically  upon  the  truth  and 
value  of  historic  Christianity. 

Into  the  discussion  of  these  questions  I  do  not  propose 
to  enter.    But  I  am  safe  in  saying  that  the  emphasis  of 

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contemporary  debate  is  placed  upon  questions  that  are  in 
their  nature  philosophical  and  historical.  If  the  Bible  is 
a  divine  revelation  there  is  practically  no  difficulty  in 
ascertaining  the  dogmatic  content  of  Christianity.  But  is 
it  %  That  is  the  fundamental  question  with  which  Christian 
theologians  are  called  to  deal.  That  question  involves  a 
number  of  historical  inquiries  in  regard  to  the  origin  of 
the  books  that  constitute  the  Bible.  These  inquiries 
again  are  in  many  cases  conditioned  by  the  theory  of  the 
universe  which  constitutes  the  philosophical  presuppo- 
sition of  those  who  enter  upon  historical  investigation. 
I  am  far  from  saying  that  all  who  accept  the  results  of 
negative  criticism  are  advocates  of  a  naturalistic  or  pan- 
theistic view  of  the  world.  But  it  is  quite  certain  that, 
for  the  man  who  holds  an  antisupernaturalistic  philoso- 
phy, a  supernaturalistic  theology  is  impossible.  Nor  is 
it  too  much  to  say  that  antisupernaturalistic  bias  has 
been  the  determining  influence  in  much  of  the  historical 
criticism  of  the  last  century.  It  would  be  idle  to  say,  as 
some  perhaps  may  say,  that  we  can  afford  to  be  indiffer- 
ent to  the  questions  mooted  in  philosophy  and  history, 
since  our  religion  is  one  that  is  rooted  in  a  personal  rela- 
tion to  Jesus  and  makes  no  demand  upon  us  for  meta- 
physical subtlety  or  historical  erudition:  for  the  value 
that  we  attach  to  our  personal  relation  to  Jesus  must 
depend  upon  the  place  which  Jesus  occupies  in  the  scale 
of  being,  and  that  precisely  is  the  question  which  is  un- 
der discussion  at  the  present  day.  We  are  being  made 
familiar  every  day  with  the  effect  of  a  naturalistic  con- 
struction of  the  phenomena  of  the  world  upon  the  atti- 
tude which  men  assume  toward  Jesus.  There  are,  for 
example,  those  who  think  that  Jesus  was  a  normal  man, 
pure-minded  and  the  teacher  of  an  exalted  type  of  mo- 

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rality,  who  was  cut  off  in  the  beginning  of  His  days,  but 
not  before  He  became  the  founder  of  the  Christian  re- 
ligion. They  look  upon  the  supernatural  elements  of 
His  life  as  the  additions  of  a  later  generation  of  His  fol- 
lowers who  fitted  to  Him  the  prophecies  of  the  Old  Tes- 
tament and  imputed  to  Him  the  supernatural  elements 
regarding  His  birth  and  resurrection  which  we  find  in 
the  Gospels.  Some  of  those  who  take  this  view  of  Jesus 
are  very  much  interested  in  what  they  call  the  creed  of 
Jesus— that  is,  in  what  Jesus  believed.  I  can  understand 
that  there  may  be  some  intellectual  interest  in  discover- 
ing what  Jesus  believed,  just  as  there  is  in  finding  out 
what  Confucius  or  Plato  believed.  But  I  cannot  attach 
much  importance  to  it.  If  Jesus  was  a  human  being 
like  the  rest  of  us  and  His  range  of  vision  was  limited  to 
His  times,  I  fail  to  see  any  great  advantage  in  knowing 
what  He  believed.  He  did  not  know  the  Copernican  the- 
ory of  astronomy ;  He  had  no  knowledge  of  the  doctrine 
of  evolution  and  therefore  had  not  seen  how  that  doc- 
trine has  affected  the  entire  philosophy  of  conduct. 

This  human  being,  however,  men  are  willing  to  accept 
as  embodying  their  ethical  ideal :  and  I  am  safe  in  saying 
that  with  some  people  Christianity  consists  in  regarding 
Jesus  as  an  ethical  ideal.  Let  us  give  a  moment's 
thought  to  this  view  of  Christianity.  It  is  quite  clear 
that  if  Jesus  is  simply  an  ideal  man  we  need  no  faith  in 
God  as  the  presupposition  of  our  attachment  to  Jesus. 
An  atheist  may  be  a  good  father  and  a  public-spirited 
citizen;  he  may  admire  the  character  of  Jesus  and  be 
willing  to  join  a  society  membership  in  which  consists 
simply  in  a  promise  to  live  according  to  the  teachings  of 
Jesus :  atheistic  Christianity  is  therefore  quite  a  possi- 
bility and  if  by  and  by  we  have  an  organization  of  athe- 

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istic  Christians  we  need  not  evince  any  surprise.  But 
that  is  not  all ;  for  if  Jesus  is  simply  an  exponent  of  ideal 
morality,  there  would  seem  to  be  no  need  of  the  historic 
Jesus.  It  is  not  the  man  Jesus  but  the  ideal  embodied  in 
Him  that  is  of  value ;  and  all  efforts  to  realize  that  ideal 
in  our  own  lives  will  proceed  upon  the  basis  that  it  cor- 
responds to  the  judgments  of  moral  value  of  which  we 
find  ourselves  in  possession.  No  great  harm  would  fol- 
low, therefore,  if  we  lost  the  historic  Jesus  altogether ; 
as  lose  Him  we  are  very  likely  to  do  if  we  follow  the  nat- 
uralistic methods  of  historical  criticism  to  their  logical 
results. 

It  is  very  interesting  to  watch  the  efforts  of  critical 
thinkers  to  escape  from  the  obvious  supernaturalism  im- 
puted to  Jesus  in  the  Gospels.  They  fall  into  hopeless 
difficulties.  Those,  for  example,  who  regard  Jesus  as  an 
ideal  teacher  are  confronted  by  the  eschatologists  who 
say  that  Jesus  was  primarily  not  a  teacher  at  all,  but  that 
the  motive  of  His  ministry  was  to  preach  the  near  ap- 
proach of  the  end  of  the  present  social  order  and  the 
setting  up  of  the  Kingdom  of  God.  They  hold  that  He 
shared  the  eschatological  opinions  current  in  later  Juda- 
ism, and  that  He  believed  Himself  to  be  the  Son  of  Man 
who,  in  a  short  time,  was  to  come  again  in  the  clouds  of 
heaven,  in  power  and  great  glory.  His  ethics  were  no 
ideal  scheme  of  human  conduct  but  were  of  an  interi- 
mistic  character,  intended  to  serve  the  purpose  of  the 
short  interval  between  His  first  and  His  second  appear- 
ing, their  alleged  defects  making  them  inadequate  as  a 
permanent  norm  of  conduct  in  the  existing  socio-political 
order,  as  obviously  also  in  that  condition  of  things  when 
men  neither  marry  nor  are  given  in  marriage  but  are  as 
the  angels  in  heaven. 

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If  the  Bible  is  to  be  interpreted  on  a  naturalistic  basis, 
and  it  is  merely  a  human  Jesus  who  is  presented  to  us  in 
the  Gospels,  there  is  great  plausibility  in  this  view.    How 
the  eschatological  and  the  ethical  conceptions  of  the  life 
of  Jesus  are  to  be  harmonized,  it  is  hard  to  say.    But  we 
can  hardly  be  expected  to  feel  much  interest  in  a  Jewish 
visionary  who  succeeded  in  convincing  a  few  followers 
that  He  was  the  Son  of  Man  who  was  within  the  space  of 
a  single  generation  to  bring  about  the  end  of  the  present 
order  of  things  and  set  up  the  Kingdom  of  God.    And 
whatever  be  the  genetic  relation  of  present  Christianity 
to  the  eschatological  teachings  of  Jesus,  one  can  not  help 
feeling  that  a  great  strain  is  put  upon  human  belief  when 
we  are  taught  that  the  world-conquering  religion  of 
Christ  had  its  origin  in  the  deluded  judgment  of  a  Jewish 
enthusiast  respecting  the  end  of  the  world.    If  the  view 
which  we  are  considering  is  correct,  we  are  left  to  wonder 
how  Christianity  survived  the  disappointments  of  the 
primitive  believers  and  how  the  followers  of  Jesus  main- 
tained their  faith  in  the  second  coming  by  successive 
postponements  of  the  event.    We  wonder  that  a  religion 
can  still  call  itself  by  the  name  of  Jesus  after  it  has  given 
up  the  idea  to  which  He  consecrated  His  life.    Those  who 
put  a  naturalistic  interpretation  upon  the  eschatological 
feature  in  the  teaching  of  Jesus  and  who,  at  the  same 
time,  regard  this  as  the  leading  feature  of  His  ministry 
are  fond  of  showing  that  it  has  undergone  changes  of 
interpretation  until  now,  in  the  minds  of  some,  it  has 
vanished  away.    The  parousia,  looked  for  as  imminent 
at  first,  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  indefinitely  post- 
poned; or  it  has  been  exchanged  for  the  problem  of  post 
mortem  destiny ;  and  this,  in  turn,  is  giving  way  in  some 
quarters  to  a  doctrine  of  the  Kingdom  of  God  synony- 

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mous  with  social  regeneration  and  the  uplift  of  society. 
So  the  eschatological  and  the  ethical  conceptions  of  a 
merely  human  Jesus  meet  at  last  on  common  ground, 
and  Christianity  resolves  itself  into  an  effort  for  the 
spread  of  good-will  among  men.  The  success  of  Jesus, 
in  other  words,  is  the  victory  of  a  social  programme 
against  which  the  life  of  Jesus  was,  in  a  certain  sense, 
a  protest. 

I  can  well  understand  that  men  will  hesitate  to  think 
that  the  growth  of  Christianity  has  been  adequately  ex- 
plained by  such  a  view  of  Jesus.  Men  may  be  easily 
forgiven  for  finding  Jesus  too  uninteresting  to  be  the 
subject  of  much  consideration  in  these  later  days.  When, 
therefore,  still  in  quest  of  an  adequate  cause  for  the  great 
religious  phenomenon  which  we  call  Christianity,  some 
turn  to  Paul  and  find  in  his  strong  supernaturalism,  his 
wide  world- view,  his  faith  in  the  resurrection  of  Jesus 
and  the  atonement,  his  belief  in  the  doctrine  of  sin,  and 
his  philosophy  of  salvation,  the  real  secret  of  victorious 
Christianity,  I  do  not  wonder.  It  is  true  that  Paul's 
theology  was  supernatural  through  and  through,  but  it 
was  not  the  superficial  supernaturalism  of  a  visionary 
looking  for  the  speedy  end  of  the  world.  It  was  a  super- 
naturalism that  made  its  appeal  to  what  Paul  believed 
to  be  accredited  facts  and,  at  all  events,  it  did  not  belie 
its  claims  by  building  them  upon  a  confessed  historical 
failure. 

But  the  kaleidoscope  of  criticism  is  capable  of  still 
another  twist.  Liberal  Christians  who  are  satisfied  to 
find  in  a  human  Jesus,  possessed  of  unusual  ethical  in- 
sight, a  sufficient  explanation  of  Christianity  must 
reckon  now  with  a  more  radical  school  of  thinkers. 

When  it  was  the  fashion  to  reject  most  of  the  Pauline 

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writings  and  put  the  Gospels  down  into  the  second  cen- 
tury, it  was  not  difficult  to  suppose  that  the  supernatural- 
ism  which  envelopes  the  life  of  Jesus  was  a  matter  of 
comparatively  slow  growth.  But  with  Paul's  writings 
rehabilitated  and  the  Synoptic  Gospels,  particularly  the 
Gospel  of  Mark,  forced  back  to  a  period  in  all  probability 
prior  to  the  capture  of  Jerusalem,  it  is  not  so  easy  to  place 
a  mythical  interpretation  upon  the  Gospels  or  to  regard 
the  miraculous  features  of  the  life  of  Jesus  as  the  harm- 
less exaggerations  of  admiring  disciples  or  the  idealized 
representations  of  a  later  generation  of  Christian  be- 
lievers. So  deeply  embedded  is  the  supernaturalism  of 
Jesus  in  the  earliest  records  of  Christianity  that  we  must 
accept  this  supernaturalism  as  orthodox  Christians  have 
always  accepted  it,  or  we  must  construct  a  pre-Christian 
Jesus  out  of  the  eschatological  and  apocalyptic  literature 
of  the  period  covered  by  a  century  or  more  before  the 
Christian  era.  In  other  words,  according  to  the  radical 
school  of  which  I  am  now  speaking  the  historical  Jesus 
never  existed.  To  the  liberal  Christians,  they  say,  in 
effect,  "Give  up  belief  in  the  historical  Jesus  altogether, 
or  else  accept  the  supernaturalism  with  which  the  earliest 
Christian  records  invest  Him." 

I  do  not  mind  having  these  men  fall  out  and  quarrel 
among  themselves ;  I  like  to  read  the  biting  sarcasm  with 
which  they  attack  one  another,  because  I  feel  that  when 
they  fall  out  the  old  faith  may  come  into  its  own.  ■  But 
the  position  which  they  have  brought  us  to  is  this :  you 
can  not  get  the  supernatural  elements  out  of  the  earliest 
records  of  the  life  of  Christ,  and  you  are  compelled  either 
to  seek  the  origin  of  the  Gospel  portraiture  of  Jesus  in  a 
pre-Christian  myth  or  to  stand  by  the  simple,  plain  nar- 
rative of  the  supernatural  as  it  lies  on  the  face  of  the 

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Gospels  themselves.  Clearly,  then,  the  issue  is  sharp  be- 
tween a  natural  human  Jesus  and  the  ever-living  and 
incarnate  Jesus,  between  a  Christianity  that  is  super- 
natural in  its  inception  and  a  Christianity  that  can  be 
explained  by  a  system  of  natural  causation.' 

When,  however,  you  have  explained  Christianity  on 
the  basis  of  natural  causation  and  eliminated  the  super- 
natural, it  is  a  religion  for  this  world  and  it  has  no  refer- 
ence to  a  world  to  come.  You  can  make  Jesus  what  you 
like,  and  say,  if  you  please,  that  He  is  a  prototype  of  the 
modern  socialist;  but  whatever  you  say,  this  remains— 
He  and  His  methods  have  nothing  whatever  to  do  with 
anything  outside  the  boundaries  of  this  earthly  life. 
Abolish  poverty  if  you  can,  but  you  can  not  abolish  death. 
Give  us  pure  food  and  better  sanitation,  equalize  the 
luxuries  of  happiness  in  as  large  a  measure  as  you  can 
—it  makes  no  difference:  it  is  but  a  little  time  until  the 
rich  man  will  leave  his  plenty  and  the  poor  man  will 
leave  his  want ;  death  will  come  alike  to  both,  and  to  nei- 
ther has  the  gospel  a  word  to  say  with  respect  to  eternal 
life. 

It  must  be  remembered,  however,  that  many  who  are 
unable  to  accept  the  full  account  of  miraculous  Chris- 
tianity given  us  in  the  Gospels  are  yet  far  from  denying 
that  there  are  unescapable  elements  of  supernaturalism 
in  Jesus.  Whatever  doubts  they  may  have  in  regard 
to  the  Virgin  birth  or  the  story  of  our  Lord's  resurrec- 
tion, they  are  impressed  with  His  unique  personality; 
they  feel  that  He  is  the  fullest  revelation  of  God;  and 
that  for  the  purposes  of  their  religious  nature  He  is  to 
them  as  if  He  were  God.  Moreover,  they  make  a  great 
deal  of  the  Messianic  consciousness  of  Jesus.  I  can  not 
help  feeling,  however,  that  the  argument  for  the  super- 

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natural  element  in  Jesus,  based  upon  the  reports  of  His 
subjective  states  given  us  by  the  evangelists,  is  but  a  poor 
substitute  for  the  objective  supernatural  facts  which  are 
presented  to  us  in  the  Gospels,  and  that  when  faith  in 
these  objective  facts  is  weakened,  men  will  be  disposed  to 
account  for  those  subjective  states  which  go  by  the  name 
of  the  Messianic  consciousness  by  regarding  them  as  the 
offspring  of  an  unbalanced  mind.  It  is  so  easy  appar- 
ently for  some  men  to  pay  flattering  compliments  to 
Jesus  after  they  have  discredited  the  facts  which  justify 
them.  The  truth  is  that  non-miraculous  Christianity  is 
not  alluring.  Men  are  slow  to  give  up  the  traditional 
supernaturalism  of  the  gospel  story.  We  honour  the 
faith  and  religious  fervour  which  still  retains  a  mini- 
mum of  the  traditional  doctrine  regarding  the  Divinity 
of  Jesus,  even  though  it  be  at  the  expense  of  a  rigid  logic, 
and  though  it  do  more  credit  to  the  religious  feelings 
than  to  the  intellect.  But,  nevertheless,  we  feel  prompted 
to  say,  "You  have  discarded  the  great  supernatural  facts 
of  the  life  of  Jesus ;  you  have  stripped  Him  of  the  insig- 
nia of  divine  royalty;  what  boots  it  now  that  you  pin 
upon  His  breast  the  gaudy  decorations  of  a  minimizing 
theology?"  It  seems  impossible  to  compromise  between 
the  naturalistic  and  the  supernaturalistic  view  of  Jesus. 
If  we  give  up  the  account  of  His  divine  mission  as  the 
evangelists  present  it,  then  we  must  conclude  that  no 
authoritative  divine  message  has  ever  reached  us  and  we 
are  no  better  off  than  men  were  in  the  days  of  the  Greek 
philosophy.  We  have  had  Platonists  and  Aristotelians, 
Stoics  and  Epicureans,  idealists  and  materialists;  we 
have  had  agnostics  in  abundance  from  Protagoras  down 
to  our  own  times.  But  they  brought  no  message  from  the 
other  world,  and  none  since  then  has  come  to  us.    We 

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are  as  ignorant  as  they  were  in  regard  to  the  great  prob- 
lem of  destiny.  The  hypothesis  of  a  merely  human  Jesus 
makes  Christianity  a  moral  philosophy  and  kills  its  claim 
to  be  a  message  from  God.  Think  of  what  this  means 
to  us.  How  we  have  boasted  of  Christianity !  How  we 
have  looked  upon  it  as  the  only  ark  of  safety!  How 
we  have  urged  men  the  world  over  to  take  refuge  in 
it  and  have  God  shut  them-  in!  This  proud  ship  of 
Christianity !  we  have  freighted  her  with  all  our  hopes 
and  we  have  embarked  in  her  the  fortunes  of  our  souls. 
She  has  plowed  the  ocean  this  well-nigh  two  thousand 
years ;  she  has  weathered  the  storms  of  persecution ;  she 
has  sailed  through  the  fogs  of  superstition ;  she  has  en- 
countered the  collisions  of  philosophy;  she  has  been 
swept  from  stem  to  stern  by  great  waves  of  scepticism ; 
but  in  spite  of  it  all,  we  have  paced  her  decks  with  a  sense 
of  unwavering  security ;  we  have  felt  sure  that  no  wind 
could  harm  her,  no  sea  could  swamp  her,  no  obstacle  arise 
to  check  her  onward  way,  until,  at  last,  in  an  unhappy 
moment  she  struck  the  iceberg  of  historical  criticism, 
and  down  she  went  to  a  fathomless  grave. 

Are  you  ready  to  take  that  view  of  Christianity  1  Oh ! 
you  who  think  perhaps  that  a  theological  seminary  is  a 
place  where  men  spin  gossamer  webs  of  metaphysical  di- 
vinity, get  heated  in  controversy  over  the  dating  of  a  few 
books,  and  discuss  the  relative  merits  of  various  theories 
of  the  atonement,  I  want  you  to  understand  what  the  real 
issue  is ;  and  when  Mr.  Love  joy  would  have  us  break  the 
entangling  alliance  of  religion  and  history,  I  want  to 
know  whether  you  are  ready  to  have  that  alliance  broken. 
Do  you  realize  the  situation?  Do  you  hear  with  calm 
complacency  and  unconcern  the  order  that  is  given  to 
leave  the  proud  ship  of  Christianity,  and  lower  the  boats 

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of  philosophy  %  Are  you  ready  to  sit  in  your  little  dory 
of  philosophy  and,  under  an  unlighted  sky,  look  out  over 
the  waste  of  black  water  and  hope  that  somehow,  some- 
where or  somewhen  you  will  drift  to  some  shore  of  happy 
destiny  %  Is  that  your  position  %  You  have  cut  loose  from 
history,  but  you  can  not  cut  loose  from  reason.  What 
are  your  prospects  %  You  are  sure  of  your  own  selfhood. 
You  have  satisfied  yourself  that  mechanism  can  not  ex- 
plain the  world.  Some  will  tell  you  of  a  pluralistic  uni- 
verse of  separate  souls  bound  together  by  no  common 
tie.  Some  will  tell  you  that  our  separate  selfhoods  are 
only  momentary  manifestations  of  an  infinite  self ;  and 
some  again  will  tell  you  that  there  is  a  numerical  distinc- 
tion between  God  and  the  finite  spirits  which  He  has 
created.  You  will  argue,  and  you  will  do  well  to  do  so, 
that  the  truths  of  reason  point  unmistakably  to  God. 
You  will  say  that  these  judgments  of  worth  and  value 
need  God  to  give  them  meaning.  Men  will  tell  you  that 
the  religions  of  the  world— Christianity  among  them— 
are  simply  separate  modes  of  God's  manifestation  of 
Himself.  You  have  ideals  that  you  say  ought  to  be  real- 
ized and  which  are  index  fingers  pointing  like  prophecies 
to  a  world  to  come.  You  call  this  man  good,  and  this  man 
bad ;  this  man,  you  say,  is  brave  and  that  man  a  coward. 
What  do  you  mean  ?  You  look  forward  to  the  fulfillment 
of  your  ideals ;  but  look  back,  look  down :  where  did  you 
get  these  ideals  ?  They  are  but  nature 's  way  in  the  broad 
process  of  change  which  has  adjusted  you  to  an  environ- 
ment and  which  makes  it  possible  for  you  to  live.  You 
are  the  victims  of  a  wholesale  deception.  A  gigantic  im- 
posture has  been  practised  upon  mankind  in  order  that 
nature  might  secure  to  herself  the  perpetuating  of  the 
life  of  humanity.    What  are  you  going  to  say  %    Are  you 

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going  to  say  that  you  have  no  interest  in  philosophy  and 
that  these  things  do  not  concern  you?    You  repeat,  "I 
don't  care  what  philosophers  may  say,  I  believe  in  his- 
torical Christianity. ' '    If  you  do,  have  you  no  interest  in 
other  people  ?   Do  you  not  desire  to  help  them,  to  prevent 
them  from  making  shipwreck  of  their  own  hopes  ?   Have 
you  no  interest  in  showing  them  that  the  philosophy 
which  robs  the  world  of  Christ  and  religion  of  God,  which 
puts  the  world  of  ideals  under  the  imperious  sway  of 
meaningless  fact,  which  makes  the  word  "is"  the  be  all 
and  end  all  of  existence  and  has  no  place  for  ethical  norms 
and  moral  obligation,  is  only  one  way  of  explaining  the 
facts  of  the  universe ;  and  that  there  is  another  way,  a 
better  way,  a  safer  way,  a  more  logical  way  of  construing 
the  same  facts,  which  will  rehabilitate  us  in  our  old  faith 
in  God  and  in  Jesus  Christ  whom  He  has  sent;  will 
save  us  from  the  disappointment  that  speaks  in  the  bit- 
terness of  regret  and  says,  "We  hoped  that  it  was  he  who 
should  redeem  Israel";  and  from  the  depths  of  the  de- 
spairing pessimism  which  says,  "They  have  taken  away 
my  Lord  and  I  know  not  where  they  have  laid  him"? 
Would  you  not  like  to  help  them?    My  friends,  that  is 
what  this  Seminary  is  for.    Will  you  help  us  ?    Will  you 
give  us  books,  will  you  give  us  buildings,  will  you  give  us 
professors,  will  you  give  us  men  with  special  learning 
and  peculiar  aptitude  to  enlist  in  the  greatest  work  the 
world  can  do?    Will  you  do  it?    Will  the  great,  rich 
Presbyterian  Church  say  "No"  to  Princeton  Seminary 
which  is  ready  to  do  what  needs  to  be  done,  and  withhold 
from  her  the  sinews  of  war?    I  put  this  upon  the  con- 
science of  the  great  Church  that  I  am  privileged  to  serve. 
And,  my  colleagues,  my  friends,  my  brothers,  what  are 
we  for  ?   What  can  we  do  in  the  face  of  what  some  regard 

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as  an  appalling  disaster  ?  I  think  we  can  do  something. 
I  think  we  can  rally  the  crew  and  cheer  them  up ;  I  think 
we  can  stop  a  panic  among  the  passengers  and  let  them 
know  that  the  ship  is  safe.  I  think  that  there  are  some 
of  us— and  I  speak  the  more  confidently  because  I  am 
not  included  in  the  number— there  are  some  of  us  who 
have  a  right  to  speak  in  the  expression  of  expert  opinion 
and  declare  with  the  authority  of  ample  knowledge  that 
no  harm  has  come  to  the  ship,  but  that  she  will  go  pros- 
perously on.  I  admit  there  are  two  ways  of  looking  at 
theological  study.  There  is  a  scientific  way— and  there 
is  a  large  place  for  it— where  we  regard  men  of  every 
shade  of  opinion  as  with  us  engaged  in  the  same  scien- 
tific pursuit,  dispassionately  seeking  to  get  the  truth,  the 
whole  truth  and  nothing  but  the  truth.  There  is  a  place 
for  philosophic  calm  and  the  placidities  of  scientific 
inquiry.  But  there  is  another  view.  These  men  who  are 
arrayed  against  us  are  the  King's  enemies,  and  we  who 
hold  commissions  as  officers  in  his  army  owe  it  to  that 
commission  that  we  draw  sword  in  defence  of  the  King's 
dominions. 

" Soldiers  of  Christ,  arise! 
And  gird  your  armor  on, 
Strong  in  the  strength  which  God  supplies 
Through  His  Eternal  Son." 

And  you,  my  friends,  who  are  about  to  go  out  after  the 
period  of  training  in  this  Theological  Seminary,  bear 
with  me  if  I  say  a  single  word  to  you  on  the  nature  of 
your  calling.  If  you  go  out  with  a  feeling  that  you  are 
simply  representing  the  moral  aspect  of  society,  that 
your  great  work  is  to  engage  in  the  development  of  social 
morality,  that  your  great  object  is  to  be  considered  as  au- 

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thorities  on  civic  righteousness ;  if  your  rallying  cry  be 
the  uplift  of  society,  which  means,  in  its  last  analysis, 
simply  more  luxury  for  the  poor  and  more  self-denial 
for  the  rich ;  then  let  me  tell  you  that  you  have  misunder- 
stood the  real  meaning  of  your  work.  You  are  to  bring  a 
message  of  hope  from  another  world  to  dying  men.  Your 
thought  must  move  in  a  transcendental  sphere  of  unseen 
realities.  You  are  called  to  deal  with  a  set  of  emigrants 
who  are  setting  sail  for  another  shore ;  your  work  is  not 
so  much  to  furnish  them  luxuries  on  the  voyage  as  to  put 
into  their  hands  a  passport  that  will  be  useful  to  them 
when  they  land.  Men  will  deride  your  message;  will 
challenge  your  credentials;  will  speak  of  your  work 
in  the  patronizing  tone  of  worldly  disdain.  You  will 
sometimes  be  tempted  to  surrender  to  the  current  of  anti- 
Christian  sentiment.  But  be  strong.  Know  well  the 
strength  of  the  cause  which  you  have  espoused  and  be 
unwavering  in  your  loyalty  to  it.  And  remember  that  no 
small  part  of  your  duty  is  to  see  to  it  that  you  earnestly 
contend  for  the  faith  once  delivered  unto  the  saints. 


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A  LITTLE  BOOK  OF  LOVE  AND  LIFE 

SERMON 

BY  THE  REVEREND  ETHELBERT  DUDLEY  WARFIELD,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

President  of  Lafayette  College 

President  of  the  Board  of  Directors 

"These  are  written,  that  ye  may  believe  that  Jesus  is 
the  Christ,  the  Son  of  God ;  and  that  believing  ye  may 
have  life  in  his  name. ' '    John  xx :  31. 

THESE  are  written,  that  ye  may  believe. "  This  book 
is  a  book  with  a  purpose.  No  mere  biography,  no 
calm  and  colorless  study  of  the  life  of  a  man.  It  is  a  great 
plea.  A  plea  made  at  the  judgment  bar  of  every  soul  to 
which  it  comes.  A  plea  for  the  hero  to  whom  the  heart  of 
the  writer  was  attached  by  the  strongest  ties  of  obliga- 
tion, the  tenderest  bonds  of  affection,  that  He  may  re- 
ceive the  full  meed  of  praise  and  honor  to  which  He  is 
entitled ;  but  far  more  a  plea  for  the  reader  that  he  may 
share  the  fealty  of  the  writer  and  find  for  himself  that 
life  in  which  the  author  rejoices. 

No  mere  dry-as-dust  zeal  has  led  the  writer  to  seek  out, 
after  the  manner  of  biographers,  every  minutest  frag- 
ment of  information  in  regard  to  the  subject  of  his  book, 
and  record  it  with  pedantic  care.  Out  of  the  immense 
stores  of  a  memory  crowded  with  knowledge  and  over- 
flowing with  information  he  selects  with  thoughtful  re- 
serve the  matter  most  significant  and  germane  to  his 
purpose  and  marshals  it  with  the  consummate  skill,  not 
of  the  literary  artist,  but  of  the  convinced  disciple. 

The  whole  world  might  not  contain  all  that  could  be 

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written  of  the  life  of  his  Lord.  A  few  pages  may  suffice 
to  prove  Him  to  each  sincere  and  sin-sick  soul  Christ  and 
Lord.  These  are  those  pages.  They  belong  to  the  litera- 
ture of  power,  not  of  art,  nor  of  criticism.  They  have 
proved  their  power  in  the  experience  of  tens  of  thou- 
sands of  devoted  lives.  They  have  been  the  warm  sun- 
shine winning  back  to  loveliness  and  life  frost-bound 
spirits  held  in  the  cold  indifference  of  a  living  death. 
They  have  been  as  a  rock  in  a  storm,  a  safe  foothold  for 
many  an  imperilled  heart.  Upon  them  have  critics  flung 
themselves  through  ages  upon  ages,  only  to  find  them- 
selves powerless  to  break  the  compelling  power  in  the 
story  which  they  tell.  No  figure  can  portray,  no  tongue 
can  tell,  all  that  these  precious  pages  have  meant  to  the 
Church  of  Christ.  There  they  are  a  few  leaves  of  a  book, 
but  here  they  are  in  the  heart  the  living  testimony  of  one 
who  knew  and  loved  Him  who  was  for  the  writer  and  for 
us  the  resurrection  and  the  life. 

The  unvarying  tradition  of  the  early  church  attributes 
this  book  to  John  the  Apostle,  and  tells  us  that  the  elders 
of  the  church  of  Ephesus  constantly  besought  their  be- 
loved bishop  to  write  out  for  those  who  should  come  after 
him,  and  should  not  hear  his  living  testimony,  the  story 
that  he  was  accustomed  to  tell  of  the  living  and  dying 
and  rising  again  of  his  divine  Master.  At  last  yielding 
to  their  entreaties  he  wrote  the  book  that  bears  his  name. 

The  story  is  worthy  of  the  book  and  the  book  of  the 
story.  It  is  clear  that  the  date  is  late.  John  is  already 
far  on  that  long  way  which  led  him  last  of  all  the  com- 
panions of  the  Lord  to  the  grave.  Mark  and  Matthew 
and  Luke  have  written  their  Gospels.  John  and  the 
church  at  large  have  these  noble  pictures  of  Jesus'  life. 
He  does  not  need  to  repeat  the  main  features  of  a  history 

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already  so  familiar.  He  rather  needs  to  enrich  it  with 
special  features  of  Jesus'  teaching,  to  show  that  from 
the  first  men  were  repelled  as  well  as  attracted  by  His 
words  of  loving  appeal  as  much  as  by  those  of  high 
authority,  and  to  draw  out  with  power  and  plainness  the 
great  meaning  of  it  all— the  Messiahship  of  Jesus,  His 
Sonship,  and  His  gift  of  life  through  belief  in  His  name. 
In  a  spirit  characteristic  of  his  Lord,  John  throws 
across  the  opening  passage  of  his  narrative  the  morning 
beam  of  divine  revelation.  Jesus  seems  never  to  have 
omitted  an  opportunity  to  bring  the  Old  Testament 
teaching  into  His  own.  Paul  had  already  in  his  second 
letter  to  the  Corinthians  flashed  this  same  sunbeam  into 
his  message  when  he  wrote:  "God  who  commanded  the 
light  to  shine  out  of  darkness  hath  shined  in  our  hearts 
to  give  the  light  of  the  knowledge  of  the  glory  of  God  in 
the  face  of  Jesus  Christ. "  John  gives  it  a  new  and  richer 
meaning  as  he  develops  in  a  few  words  his  doctrine  of 
the  eternal  Word. 

Turning  then  to  his  story  he  brings  the  forerunner, 
whose  disciple  he  was,  upon  the  scene,  and  in  a  narrative 
all  athrob  with  life  details  day  by  day  the  opening  of 
Christ's  ministry  as  he  knew  it.  The  short  records  of 
each  day's  incident  are  like  the  strong  wing-beats  of  an 
eagle  mounting  up  to  its  place  of  more  than  world-wide 
vision.  Yet  no  simile  can  equal  the  simple  facts  of  the 
narrative. 

For  John  gives  us  here  an  old  man's  memory  of  a  mo- 
mentous day  in  his  youth ;  of  the  day  that  he  first  met 
Jesus.  The  day  on  which  we  first  met  Jesus  must  be  to 
each  of  us,  however  unfruitful  our  lives,  a  day  of  deep 
significance  and  precious  memory.  But  to  John  with 
his  capacity  for  love,  his  capacity  for  being  loved,  who 

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was  the  beloved  of  Jesus,  what  must  that  day  have  been ! 
Yet  it  came  in  no  blinding  splendor,  no  revelation  of 
things  unutterable.  The  simple  story,  as  is  generally 
true  of  the  things  that  mean  most  to  the  soul,  is  a  tale  of 
every  day  in  its  outer  features.  John  the  Baptist  is 
standing  with  his  disciples  and  Jesus  passes  by.  John 
points  Him  out,  saying:  "Behold  the  Lamb  of  God." 
Even  the  heart  of  John,  the  young  and  eager  disciple, 
seems  not  to  have  kindled  at  the  words.  It  is  only  when 
on  the  next  day  the  Baptist  again  makes  the  same  decla- 
ration that  John  and  Andrew  are  aroused  and  follow 
Jesus.  Already  a  seeker  after  God,  John  speedily  comes 
to  share  with  Andrew  and  Philip  the  belief  that  they  had 
found  Him  of  whom  Moses  in  the  law,  and  the  prophets, 
did  write,  and  that  He  was  Messias. 

Thus  John  makes  us  see  that  it  is  to  the  heart  prepared 
that  Jesus  comes  as  the  Christ.  And  even  he  was  not  at 
once  ready  for  all  that  great  truth  imports.  The  seeker 
after  God  became  the  disciple  of  Jesus.  He  went  and 
saw  where  he  dwelt.  He  abode  with  Him.  The  old  home 
was  forsaken.  The  old  life  was  left  behind.  The  busy 
hands  no  longer  drew  the  nets.  Now  it  is  that  he  takes 
the  open  road  with  Jesus  and  learns  new  lessons  by  the 
way.  The  old  world  takes  on  new  meanings.  The  sower 
as  he  sows  the  seed,  the  digger  after  hid  treasure,  the 
thirsty  wayfarer  as  he  draws  water  from  the  well,  even 
the  familiar  fishermen  as  they  toil  at  their  nets,  have  a 
new  significance,  and  require  fresh  interpretations.  The 
simplest  things  seem  to  have  deeper  meaning,  but  the 
greater  mysteries  of  life  grow  more  plain.  The  long 
sought  clue  to  the  deepest  mystery  of  all  is  at  last  dis- 
covered. The  love  of  God  is  manifest  in  the  flesh.  He 
beholds  in  Him  who  is  the  Christ  the  very  Son  of  God. 

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Day  by  day  the  meaning  of  it  all  works  itself  out. 
Sometimes  in  His  words,  His  wonderful  words  of  life ; 
sometimes  in  His  silence,  the  silence  of  One  whose  spirit 
walks  with  God ;  sometimes  in  His  deeds,  His  acts  of  help 
and  healing;  sometimes  in  His  inaction,  the  submission 
of  One  who  knew  how  both  to  bear  and  to  forbear ;  always 
and  forever,  the  Great  Teacher  led  the  responsive  pupil 
up  along  the  shining  way  of  life.  Now  it  is  a  day  of 
sunlit  glory  as  when  He  was  transfigured  on  the  mount, 
now  of  tremendous  shadow  turned  to  light  as  when 
Lazarus  is  raised  up,  but  often  it  is  half  in  sunshine,  half 
in  shade,  and,  ere  the  Lord  of  Glory  was  perfectly  made 
known,  a  via  dolorosa,  through  Gethsemane  and  on  to 
Calvary. 

While  there  is  a  great  tenderness  in  John's  picture  of 
Him  to  whom  he  had  listened  as  his  master,  and  learned 
to  acknowledge  as  his  God  in  the  throes  of  the  awful 
agony  of  His  night  of  humiliation,  there  is  also  a  noble 
restraint.  Over  it  all  rests  the  assured  calm  of  Him  who 
knows  the  sequel.  That  the  day  dies  but  to  return  again 
in  restored  beauty.  That  the  tragedy,  awful  as  it  is,  is 
not  of  death  unto  death,  but  of  death  unto  life.  That  the 
crucifixion  of  love  is  also  love's  coronation.  And  to  John 
as  he  writes,  the  sorrow  of  his  soul  for  the  sufferings  of 
the  best  beloved  is  assuaged  by  the  consolation  of  that 
dear  Lord  who,  though  He  died,  still  lives ;  though  He 
suffered,  reigns  in  glory. 

And  so  the  narrative  moves  with  growing  power  and 
never  wavering  confidence  to  the  confession  of  the  re- 
stored faith  of  Thomas:  "My  Lord  and  my  God";  and 
Jesus'  benediction:  "Thomas,  because  thou  hast  seen  me 
thou  hast  believed :  blessed  are  they  that  have  not  seen, 
and  yet  have  believed."    Here  he  pauses.    Surely  what 

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has  been  written  must  suffice.  Surely  the  object  of  his 
writing  will  be  attained.  And  so  he  says:  "Many  other 
signs  truly  did  Jesus  in  the  presence  of  his  disciples 
which  are  not  written  in  this  book ;  but  these  are  written, 
that  ye  might  believe  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ,  the  Son  of 
God ;  and  that  believing  ye  might  have  life  through  his 
name. ' ' 

It  is  the  fashion  in  the  critical  world  to  approach 
such  a  book  as  this  through  an  introductory  study  of 
its  date  and  authorship,  its  authenticity  and  its  rela- 
tion to  contemporary  thought.  A  mist  is  thereby  often 
raised  that  obscures  its  clearness  and  dulls  its  brightness. 
It  is  its  own  best  answer  to  such  objections  as  have  been 
raised  in  regard  to  it.  As  in  a  court  of  justice  no  ques- 
tions may  be  raised  as  to  the  character  and  credibility  of 
a  witness  until  he  has  told  his  story,  and  as  a  story  told 
with  convincing  directness,  simplicity  and  evident  fa- 
miliarity with  the  subject  testified  to,  possesses  and  con- 
trols the  minds  of  judge  and  jury  despite  the  assaults  of 
any  cross-examination,  so  this  book  justifies  itself  gener- 
ation after  generation  to  those  who  approach  it  with  an 
open  mind. 

Whoever  wrote  it  knew  Jesus  and  knew  Him  as  Christ 
and  God.  Who  could  have  known  Him  so  fully  and  so 
completely  as  the  beloved  disciple?  Who  could  have 
written  of  Him  with  such  a  soaring  spirit  entering  into 
the  fulness  of  His  love  and  His  purpose  to  save  men 
from  sin  for  eternal  life  as  he  to  whom  has  been  assigned 
for  symbol  the  eagle  rising  above  the  darkness  of  the 
storm  and  baring  his  eye  to  the  full  blaze  of  the  flaming 
sun  1  But  whoever  wrote  it,  it  has  fulfilled  its  purpose 
and  will  continue  to  do  so  through  the  ages  to  come  in 
giving  to  many  their  fullest  vision  of  a  divine  Saviour 
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This  beautiful  book  then  is  the  story  of  a  great  friend- 
ship. How  we  delight  to  talk  of  such  friendships,  to  call 
friendship  the  " master-passion,"  to  praise  those  who 
have  shown  a  great  capacity  for  friendship,  to  applaud 
the  self-sacrifice  of  the  few  who  have  effaced  themselves 
for  their  friends  as  Jonathan  did  for  David.  Friendship 
indeed  is  marked  by  some  of  the  finest  of  human  virtues. 
Affection  perhaps  comes  first,  then  generosity  of  heart ; 
when  testing  times  come,  affection  deepens  into  devo- 
tion, and  generosity  into  capacity  for  sacrifice ;  faith  and 
trust  and  constancy  are  found  in  the  bright  constellation. 
In  all  these  things  this  book  abounds,  for  Jesus  was  the 
friend  of  John  and  John  of  Jesus,  and  no  ennobling  trait 
of  friendship  is  wanting  in  the  story. 

But  who  could  ever  be  content  to  call  this  merely  the 
annals  of  a  great  friendship?  It  defies  limitation  to 
merely  human  ties,  to  a  life  bounded  by  the  cradle  and 
the  grave.  Perhaps  a  higher  mode  is  found  in  the  rare 
and  beautiful  devotion  of  a  disciple  to  a  great  teacher. 
Plato  has  dignified  such  an  association  and  John  surely 
glorifies  it.  Socrates,  too,  led  Plato  to  look  with  longing 
out  through  the  gates  of  death.  Philosophy  brings  into 
such  a  relationship  the  exalting  power  of  intellectual 
aspiration  and  moral  purpose.  John  found  in  the  fel- 
lowship of  Jesus  all  that  philosophy  had  to  offer  and 
more  than  philosophy  had  to  give— the  transforming 
power  of  a  great  faith.  He  not  only  looked  out  beyond 
the  gates  of  death,  he  looked  forth  into  the  eternal  years 
of  God  and  brought  heaven  down  to  earth. 

But  John  had  more  than  this  to  tell.  He  had  a  philo- 
sophical ideal  and  a  practical  purpose.  He  had  lived  into 
an  age  when  men  were  seeking  to  philosophize  away  the 
facts  of  his  history  as  they  had  earlier  denied  their 
occurrence.    He  sets  himself  to  testify  to  his  facts,  to 

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establish  their  relation  to  history  and  prophecy,  and  vin- 
dicate for  every  soul  who  will  accept  it  the  vivifying 
power  of  faith.  And  this  for  no  mere  academic  purpose. 
Philosophy  was  not  self-sufficient  for  him.  It  was  to 
make  men  understand  the  real  meaning  of  life ;  of  a  life 
lived  in  love  for  love's  own  dear  sake ;  of  a  love  that  was 
divine  in  source  as  well  as  in  character ;  of  a  life  that  was 
eternal  as  well  as  divine.  In  short,  John  set  himself  to 
make  men  understand  and  embrace  life  and  love  in  the 
assured  faith  in  Him  who  was  Himself  Life  and  Love. 

We  are  prone  to  think  that  our  difficulties  are  peculiar 
to  our  own  age  and  greater  than  those  of  any  other  time. 
But  the  very  same  features  of  Christ 's  gospel  are  empha- 
sized by  John  as  need  emphasis  to-day :  first,  the  histori- 
cal connection  of  Christianity  and  Judaism,  the  oneness 
of  the  revelation  of  God  in  the  Old  and  New  Testaments, 
that  salvation  is  of  the  Jews,  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ; 
second,  that  the  Word  was  made  flesh,  that  Jesus  is  the 
very  Son  of  God ;  third,  that  the  life  which  Jesus  came  to 
proclaim  is  natural  and  real,  as  Tertullian  has  beauti- 
fully said:  "The  soul  is  by  nature  Christian";  and, 
finally,  that  entrance  into  that  life  is  through  belief  on 
the  name  of  Jesus. 

The  position  of  John  gives  significance  to  the  purpose 
of  his  Gospel.  He  is  no  longer  the  young  disciple  full 
of  eager  devotion,  but  of  as  yet  unchastened  heart.  He 
has  not  only  passed  through  the  tragedy  of  Jesus'  earthly 
career,  with  its  rising  hopes  and  declining  fortunes,  with 
its  blinding  lights  and  its  unf  athomable  darknesses,  with 
its  poignant  sorrows  and  heavenly  joys ;  he  has  not  only 
found  the  clew  to  its  mystery,  and  the  purpose  of  its 
plan ;  but  a  long  life  has  made  him  understand  the  atti- 
tude of  men  to  the  gospel  he  had  to  preach.    He  knew 

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how  strong  are  its  attractions,  how  great  its  repulsions. 
He  knew  what  barriers  sin  could  raise  before  it,  what 
opposition  it  could  arouse  in  hearts  dominated  by  the 
power  of  Satan.  The  minister  of  the  Word  speaks  in 
him.  Nothing  is  more  striking  in  the  arrangement  of  his 
material  than  the  way  in  which  he  shows  how  throughout 
Jesus'  teaching  He  drew  some  and  repelled  others.  And 
this  is  surely  the  accent  that  the  aged  man  of  long  expe- 
rience alone  would  have  been  sure  to  give.  Despite  the 
warmth  and  tenderness  that  singled  John  out  as  the 
beloved  disciple,  and  has  made  all  his  writings  pecu- 
liarly the  reflection  of  the  love  of  God  in  Christ,  this 
characteristic  has  brought  into  his  Gospel  the  hot  note 
of  him  who  so  loved  his  Lord  that  his  heart  flamed  out 
against  those  who  despised  and  rejected  Him.  Were  it 
not  for  this  we  should  be  somewhat  at  a  loss  to  know  why 
he  should  have  been  singled  out  by  such  a  name  as  a  Son 
of  Thunder.  As  it  is  the  Gospel  is  not  only  warm  with 
a  spirit  of  life  sprung  from  the  sources  of  divine  love, 
but  it  is  also  palpitant  with  a  sense  of  the  condemnation 
which  is  due  to  all  rejection  of  love  and  mercy,  with 
warning  to  those  who  choose  death  rather  than  life. 

We  are  apt  to  select  from  this  book  passages  of  rare 
and  exquisite  beauty ;  the  great  teachings  of  Christ  as  to 
the  new-birth,  as  to  Himself  as  the  light  of  the  world,  His 
discourse  at  the  Last  Supper,  and  His  wonderful  prayer, 
that  prayer  in  which  John  Knox  tells  us  he  cast  his 
anchor ;  and  neglect  the  full  current  of  the  book  as  a  plea 
for  the  entering  into  eternal  life  through  faith  in  Christ. 
To  do  so  is  to  pay  less  than  due  regard  to  John  and  to  his 
Lord.  It  is  in  its  very  power  to  persuade,  to  warn,  to 
arouse,  to  convince,  to  send  forth  to  serve,  to  create  in 
the  heart  that  peace  which  the  world  cannot  know,  that 

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its  perennial  power  resides.  This  is  no  doubt  partly  due 
to  the  fact  that  in  revealing  his  Lord,  John  also  writes 
his  own  spiritual  biography.  Certainly  in  so  doing  he 
does  away  with  the  possibility  of  much  honest  wavering 
as  to  the  meaning  of  the  life  he  records. 

John  grew  up  in  the  hope  of  Israel,  he  became  the 
disciple  of  the  Baptist  whom  he  accepted  as  the  prom- 
ised forerunner  of  the  Messiah,  he  was  led  by  the  Bap- 
tist's express  indication  to  become  the  follower  of  Jesus, 
he  learned  from  Jesus  to  reconcile  His  humiliation  with 
His  mission  of  redemption  and  to  find  in  the  salvation  of 
sinners  the  coming  of  the  Kingdom,  he  drew  from  the 
teaching  of  the  Old  Testament  as  well  as  from  the  bitter 
experience  of  his  actual  life  the  meaning  of  the  blood- 
bought  pardon,  and  he  looked  upon  his  risen  Lord  with 
his  own  eyes  and  believed.  From  these  things  there  grew 
up  within  him  a  new  life  which  he  knew  by  the  evidence 
of  daily  witnesses  to  be  of  the  very  Spirit  of  God.  In  the 
power  of  that  life  he  lived  and  labored  and  wrote.  But 
all  of  this  is  as  it  were  but  the  shadow.  It  is  to  be  read  in 
the  Gospel.  But  the  substance  of  that  Gospel  is  the  other 
life,  as  real,  as  completely  the  outgrowth  of  the  Old  Tes- 
tament, as  entirely  involved  in  the  story  of  the  redemp- 
tion of  men  by  the  sacrifice  of  Calvary.  Yet  are  the  two 
inseparable.  As  the  Word  was  made  flesh  and  dwelt 
among  men,  so  the  Master  lived  again  in  the  disciple. 

No  wonder  that  John  cries:  "Now  are  we  the  sons  of 
God,  and  it  doth  not  yet  appear  what  we  shall  be.  But 
we  know  that  when  he  shall  appear  we  shall  be  like  him, 
for  we  shall  see  him  as  he  is."  Already  the  oneness  of 
the  life  of  the  disciple  and  the  teacher  had  been  known 
and  felt  by  him.  The  complete  outworking  of  the  power 
of  a  transforming  faith  alone  remained.    It  is  no  wonder 

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that  lie  who  wrote  this  book  should  have  breathed  on 
those  for  whose  spiritual  life  he  was  so  solicitous  the 
benedictions  of  his  letters ;  no  wonder  that  to  him  was 
given  the  visions  of  the  Apocalypse.  The  glorious  beauty 
of  the  images  in  which  the  brightness  of  heaven  is  repre- 
sented for  us  has  never  been  surpassed  by  the  mind  and 
pen  of  man.  Yet  it  is  not  in  those  visions,  but  in  the 
discourses  preceding  the  passion  and  in  the  portrayal  of 
the  suffering  Saviour  that  John  has  reached  most  surely 
the  ground  and  anchor  of  our  hopes. 

Let  no  rude  hand  rob  us  of  the  robust  realities  of  those 
pictures.  Through  suffering  He  passed,  so  must  we  pass 
to  gain  the  fulness  of  knowledge  of  the  meaning  of  life 
and  love;  through  death  He  passed  that  we  in  passing 
through  the  death  of  the  body  may  enter  into  the  fulness 
of  life  with  Him ;  from  death  He  returned  in  the  triumph 
of  Him  who  Himself  is  life.  In  His  life  is  manifested 
for  us  light  and  life. 

The  world  has  never  been  content  with  itself.    In  the 
heart  of  man  there  has  ever  been  a  divine  unrest.    Not 
always  felt,  nor  by  every  one.    Most  notable  in  the  nobler 
few ;  in  times  of  special  need,  it  has  become  more  general 
and  more  poignant.    Always  upon  a  quest,  it  has  never 
found  its  goal.    A  few  have  assumed  the  role  of  great 
teachers,  the  many  have  been  content  to  learn  of  them, 
or  like  the  blind  and  insensate  mob  to  drift,  or  drive 
madly  on  without  an  object  and  without  a  care.    To  all 
seekers  after  truth,  truth  which  to  him  finds  embodiment 
in  a  life,  John  offers  this  little  book.    He  repeats  the 
Master's  words  to  those  who  rejected  Him:  "Ye  search 
the  scriptures  because  ye  think  that  in  them  ye  have  eter- 
nal life;  and  these  are  they  which  bear  witness  of  me; 
and  ye  will  not  come  to  me  that  ye  may  have  life."    He 

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clearly  understood  the  blindness  of  men.  But  he  trusted 
to  the  Spirit  testifying  with  his  words  to  make  men 
accept  Jesus  as  the  Christ  and  the  very  Son  of  God. 

Not  only  have  they  proved  for  us  the  persuasive  words 
of  a  living  and  abiding  faith,  but  also  words  of  inspira- 
tion and  strength  and  of  tender  consolation.  Let  us  often 
keep  before  our  minds  the  words  themselves  and  the 
glorious  beauty  of  the  Son  of  God  which  they  portray, 
and,  also,  the  benign  figure  of  John,  the  aged,  ministering 
to  the  church  at  Ephesus,  telling  over  and  over  again  of 
his  fellowship  with  Jesus,  drawing  about  him  old  and 
young  with  the  sublime  story  that  he  tells,  illustrating 
it  by  his  own  life  of  love,  of  heroic  constancy,  of  undi- 
vided loyalty.  When  we  study  his  book  there  is  room  in 
our  hearts  for  one  person— Jesus  only.  But  we  may 
sometimes  withdraw  our  minds  a  little  from  that  central 
sun,  and  thank  God  for  the  beauty  and  the  power  of  the 
love  of  Christ  made  manifest  in  the  disciple. 


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THE  FUNCTION  AND  THE  GLORY  OF  THE 
MINISTRY  OF  GRACE 

ADDRESS 

BY  THE  EEVEEEND  JOHN  FLEMING  CAESON,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Pastor  of  the  Central  Presbyterian  Church,  Brooklyn 

Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 

in  the  United  States  of  America 

IT  is  a  distinct  privilege  and  honor  to  have  a  part  in 
such  a  signal  celebration  as  that  of  the  One  Hun- 
dredth Anniversary  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary 
and  it  is  hard  to  resist  the  temptation  to  pause  and  pay 
tribute  to  this  great  institution  and  to  the  distinguished 
men,  living  or  departed,  who  have  made  it  great.  But 
justice  to  the  subject  assigned  compels  me  to  hasten  to  its 
consideration,  waiting  only  long  enough  to  greet  and  con- 
gratulate the  young  men  who  this  day  complete  their 
seminary  training  and  stand  on  the  threshold  of  their 
ministerial  careers. 

Young  gentlemen,  you  stand  in  a  noble  succession  and 
in  a  succession  which  has  always  commanded  the  confi- 
dence, respect  and  appreciation  of  men.  You  are  enter- 
ing upon  a  life-work  incomparably  more  important  than 
any  other  service  to  which  men  give  themselves ;  a  work 
that  is  related  to  interests  more  awful  and  august  than 
those  with  which  any  other  work  is  related,  and  a  work 
whose  achievements  and  results  are  more  enduring  and 
more  wonderful  than  any  of  the  other  results  and 
achievements  of  the  labors  of  mankind. 

The  subject  assigned  to  me  is :  "The  Function  and  the 
Glory  of  the  Ministry  of  Grace."    In  the  statement  of 

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this  theme  there  is  nothing  that  requires  explanation,  no 
hidden  thought  that  waits  to  be  released,  no  word  that 
needs  definition.  There  is  one  word  in  the  phrasing  of 
the  theme  that  was  more  frequently  upon  the  lips  of  the 
fathers  than  it  is  upon  ours  and  this  fact,  as  well  as  the 
vital  place  which  the  word  occupies  in  the  theme,  justifies 
us  in  lingering  for  a  little  in  the  fellowship  of  that  word. 
Grace  is  a  word  that  the  fathers  understood,  loved  and 
accentuated.  Grace  is  that  faculty  or  force  or  element  of 
being  that  comes  unbidden  and  serves  unrequested  and 
unrequited.  It  is  the  love  that  pities  the  sinner,  redeems 
from  sin,  and  bends  all  its  energies  toward  the  complete 
and  perfect  recovery  and  restoration  of  man.  It  is  abso- 
lutely free,  a  priceless  gift  that  can  neither  be  bought  nor 
bartered  nor  sold.  Let  that  radiant  word  come  back  in 
all  its  might  and  hold  dominion  in  the  soul,  and  then  the 
church  shall  march  with  triumphant  paean  to  God's  high 
goal  and  guerdon. 

The  use  of  this  word  " grace"  in  the  subject  defines  the 
ministry  in  broad  terms.  The  ministry  of  grace  is  a 
service  that,  however  sustained,  is  unpurchased  and  un- 
purchasable  by  man  and  that  does  not  stand  in  its  suc- 
cessions and  orders  and  institutions  as  a  method  of  man's 
salvation,  but  as  a  medium  through  which  the  grace  of 
God  that  bringeth  salvation  is  revealed  unto  all  men. 
Thus  the  term  declares  at  once  the  independence  and 
exaltation  and  the  subserviency  and  lowliness  of  the  min- 
istry of  grace. 

1.  This  broad  definition  intimates  that  the  ministry  of 
grace  is  rooted  in  the  very  nature  of  God,  and  finds  its 
object  in  the  need  of  man.  In  this  reach  from  the  highest 
to  the  lowest,  its  supreme  function  is  declared  and  its 
surpassing  glory  is  enshrined.    In  the  heart  of  God  is 

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eternal  love  and  in  the  heart  of  humanity  is  the  undying 
need  of  that  saving  love.    The  function  of  the  ministry 
of  grace  is  to  declare  and  to  interpret  the  love  of  God  to 
the  heart  of  man.    In  fulfilling  that  distinct  function  the 
glory  of  the  ministry  of  grace  shines  forth. 
?  2.  In  the  presence  of  such  a  service  as  this  we  are 
ready  to  accept  the  truth  that  the  ministry  of  grace  is 
an  institution  of  God  and  that  the  ministers  thereof  are 
called  of  God.    However  men  may  debate  and  differ  as 
to  its  vestments  and  ceremonials,  as  to  the  visible  form  in 
which  it  expresses  itself,  as  to  the  outward  ritual  through 
which  its  inward  spirit  breaks  upon  the  world,  all  will 
agree  that  in  its  essential  spirit  the  ministry  of  grace  has 
come  down  from  heaven,  and  that  it  is  here  because  God 

has  sent  it. 

The  evidences  of  the  divine  institution  of  the  ministry 
of  grace  are  manifold.  The  object  for  which  it  exists 
attests  it.  Its  persistence  through  the  ages-its  refusal 
to  be  shelved  by  any  studied  neglect,  or  to  be  crowded 
out  of  place  by  any  competing  aspirants— confirms  it. 
And  the  fact  that  the  outworkings  and  issues  of  the  min- 
istry of  grace  are  in  God's  keeping  affirms  its  divine  in- 
stitution and  sanction. 

This  is  the  vital  fact  that  gives  character  and  power 
and  glory  to  the  ministry  of  grace-the  minister  is  the 
ambassador  of  God.  His  ministry  is  more  than  his  mes- 
sage; his  responsibility  larger  than  his  utterance.  He 
is  a  God-called,  a  God-sent  man.  Conscious  of  his  divine 
call  and  commission,  his  ministry  rings  with  a  note  of 
authority  that  challenges  the  world.  His  voice  is  oracu- 
lar. His  message  is  a  summons.  He  is  bold,  with  a  holy 
boldness,  to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God,  and  confi- 
dent, with  a  holy  confidence,  to  speak  God's  truth.    He 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

works  in  the  spirit  of  Seneca's  pilot,  who  said  to 
Neptune : 

"You  may  sink  me,  or  you  may  save  me, 
But  I  will  hold  my  rudder  true. ' ' 

He  meets  any  opposition  in  the  spirit  of  Curran,  in  his 
defence  of  Bond,  who,  when  he  heard  the  clatter  of  the 
arms  of  his  threatening  antagonist  in  court,  said:  "You 
may  assassinate  me,  but  you  cannot  intimidate  me. ' ' 

This  is  the  ministry  our  age  needs— a  ministry  whose 
manhood  stands  out  in  bold  and  naming  relief,  whose 
service  is  impelled  by  a  mighty  imperative  and  con- 
strained by  an  irresistible  necessity  and  whose  message 
does  not  stammer  in  fearsome  uncertainty,  is  not  stifled 
in  mincing  ambiguity,  or  hidden  in  any  conventional 
finesse. 

It  ought  ever  to  be  an  adequate  inspiration  to  the  min- 
ister to  know  that  the  work  is  God's  and  that  God  has 
called  him  into  the  fellowship  of  His  Son  under  whose 
institution  it  is  carried  forward.  The  work  committed 
to  the  ministry  of  grace  is  the  same  work  that  summoned 
the  Son  of  God  to  earth.  It  is  the  work  in  which  Paul 
gloried  and  for  which  he  counted  himself  unworthy.  It 
is  the  work  that  challenged  the  fiery  energy  of  Tertullian, 
that  commanded  the  scholarship  of  Athanasius,  that 
girded  the  sturdy  will  of  Luther,  that  kindled  the  fine 
fervor  of  St.  Francis,  saint  of  purest  renown,  that  in- 
spired the  sublime  genius  of  Calvin,  that  nerved  the 
fearless  strength  of  Knox,  that  evoked  the  bewitching 
eloquence  of  Jeremy  Taylor,  that  directed  the  apostolic 
zeal  of  Wesley,  that  buttressed  the  giant  power  of  Ed- 
wards—the work  of  reconciling  men  to  God  that  they 

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may  be  saved  from  their  sins,  comforted  in  their  sorrows 
and  glorified  in  their  death.  This  is  the  glory  of  the 
ministry  of  grace— it  is  a  co-partnership  with  Christ  and 
a  fellowship  of  men  of  varying  abilities  through  whose 
transparent  souls  the  radiance  of  heaven  has  broken  over 
earth. 

3.  This  ministry  of  grace,  ordained  by  God,  is  authen- 
ticated by  God's  people.  While  certain  believers  were 
assembled  together,  an  unseen  voice  was  heard  saying: 
"  Separate  me  Barnabas  and  Saul  for  the  work  where- 
unto  I  have  called  them. ' '  That  was  the  divine  call  and 
the  divine  authorization.  But  not  immediately  did  the 
men  thus  called  go  forth  as  fully  and  sufficiently  author- 
ized and  empowered.  There  is  in  the  incident  another 
factor  that  may  not  be  arbitrarily  left  out.  After  the 
unseen  voice  had  spoken  and  after  the  assembled  dis- 
ciples had  fasted  and  prayed  "and  laid  their  hands  on 
them,  they  sent  them  away.  So  they,  being  sent  forth  by 
the  Holy  Ghost,  departed."  We  may  put  too  much 
emphasis  on  this  laying  on  of  the  hands,  or  on  it  we  may 
put  too  little;  but  the  fact  stands  out  that  the  inward 
call  was  ratified  by  the  outward  ordinance,  the  spiritual 
mission  was  confirmed  by  the  tactual  commission,  the 
divine  empowerment  was  certified  by  the  human  authen- 
tication. The  gifts  and  powers  of  the  Holy  Ghost  are 
not  tied  to  the  agencies  ordained  for  their  transmission. 
The  Spirit  worketh  when  and  where  and  how  He  pleases. 
But  still  the  fact  remains  that  there  is  a  way  which  is  of 
God's  appointment— a  ministry  which  He  first  commis- 
sioned and  which  they  whom  He  first  commissioned 
passed  on  to  others.  Call  this  apostolic  succession  if  you 
please,  ridicule  its  pretensions  and  deride  its  efficiency, 
but  you  cannot  dismiss  from  human  history  the  fact  that 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

the  ministry  of  grace  is  not  only  an  ordinance  of  divine 
appointment,  but  also  of  church  authentication.  Christ 
did  not  leave  His  fellowship  and  truth  in  the  world  un- 
organized and  disembodied;  He  built  His  church  and, 
through  His  church,  He  sends  forth  ambassadors.  This 
distinguishes  the  ministry  of  grace  from  every  other 
vocation— it  has  back  of  it  the  authority  of  the  Church 
of  Christ. 

4.  The  ministry  of  grace,  ordained  by  God  and  authen- 
ticated by  the  church,  is  in  vital  and  permanent  relation 
to  the  moral  order  of  the  world  and  to  the  unfolding 
history  of  humanity.  The  claim  of  its  divine  institution 
can  be  substantiated  only  by  the  eternal  necessity  and  the 
essential  rationality  of  the  ministry  of  grace.  In  the 
counsels  of  God  are  woven  the  essential  and  eternal  needs 
of  human  nature  and  of  human  history.  It  cannot  be 
assumed  that  the  divine  seal  rests  upon  any  commission 
that  does  not  convey  a  message  that  every  man  needs  to 
hear,  and  that  cannot  grow  obsolete  with  any  conceivable 
civilization.  The  herald  of  God's  counsels  will  be  in- 
spired with  an  unusual  and  sustained  confidence  when  he 
speaks  to  his  fellows  under  the  profound  conviction  that 
what  he  has  to  say,  the  whole  world,  from  prince  to 
pauper,  needs  to  hear  and  heed. 

5.  The  ministry  of  grace,  charged  with  a  message  to 
all  men,  is  commissioned  to  the  evangelization  of  the 
world  and  to  the  establishing  of  believers  in  the  doctrines 
and  practices  of  the  Christian  faith.  For  the  fulfilment 
of  this  twofold  function  the  ministry  of  grace  has  an 
evangelistic  and  a  teaching  mission.  The  preacher  is  a 
herald,  the  substance  of  his  message  is  the  proclamation 
of  the  free  forgiveness  of  sins  and  the  heritage  of  eternal 
life  through  the  mediation  of  Jesus  Christ.    The  passion 

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of  the  ministry  of  grace  is  to  save  men  from  their  sins, 
and,  by  the  sweet  and  holy,  the  winsome  and  wooing  note 
of  divine  persuasion,  to  lead  to  Christ.  The  final  reality 
of  the  religious  life  is  a  man's  personal  relation  and  alle- 
giance to  his  God.  After  much  talking  about ' '  the  enthu- 
siasm of  humanity",  "the  service  of  man",  " social  min- 
istry", and  other  freezing  abstractions,  we  must  come 
back  to  the  Master's  love  of  men.  "  Jesus  loved  Mary, 
and  Martha  and  Lazarus".  "Who  loved  me  and  gave 
himself  for  me  ".  "  That  is  the  superlative  wonder  in  the 
altogether  wonderful  evangel  of  grace— the  divine  love 
can  concentrate  on  everybody,  as  though  each  one  were 
everybody,  and  there  was  only  one  child  in  the  Father's 
house."  This  marvel  of  grace  is  the  substance  of  the 
evangel  that  is  committed  to  the  ministry  of  grace. 

The  ministry  of  grace  has  a  teaching  mission  and  its 
message  not  only  voices  the  evangelistic  appeal  of  the 
Gospels,  but  also  moves  in  the  deep,  broad  grooves  of  the 
Pauline  Epistles.  In  fulfilling  its  teaching  function  the 
ministry  of  grace  does  not  come  into  competition  with 
any  other  teaching  agency.  Its  wide,  splendid  province 
is  the  revealing  and  the  interpretation  of  the  eternal 
verities.  It  may  be  of  service  to  art,  literature  and 
philanthropy,  but  its  concern  is  with  the  message  from 
the  very  heart  of  the  eternal  to  the  souls  of  sinful  men. 
Its  music  is  set,  not  to  the  keynote  of  moral  philosophy, 
or  material  rewards,  or  esthetic  beauty,  but  to  the  ex- 
ceeding abundance  of  the  grace  of  God,  which  has  in 
store  for  the  human  soul  a  kingdom  which  eye  hath  not 
seen. 

As  a  teacher  the  minister  is  a  specialist.  He  deals 
with  men,  it  is  true,  on  every  side  of  their  nature— physi- 
cal, intellectual,  spiritual ;  and  with  every  department  of 

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their  living— domestic,  social,  commercial,  civic— but 
always  and  everywhere  he  deals  with  them  from  the  reli- 
gious point  of  view.  He  is  not  a  teacher  of  science  or 
of  philosophy ;  he  is  not  an  instructor  in  domestic  science, 
or  in  political  economy ;  he  is  not  a  leader  in  social  func- 
tions or  commercial  enterprises— he  is  a  teacher  of 
religion.    Therefore,  his  specialty  is  theology. 

It  is  not  uncommon  to  hear  that  theology  is  a  declining 
science,  that  its  majesty  is  waning  like  the  splendor  of 
some  dying  star,  and  that  its  voice  of  power  is  growing 
faint  as  the  murmur  of  some  distant  sea.  We  are  told 
that  men  are  weary  of  theology  and  that  the  church  is  in 
revolt  against  it.  There  never  was  a  more  preposterous 
or  perverse  delusion.  Theology  is  the  abiding  interest 
of  men.  It  is  the  theologian  who  is  listened  to  whether 
he  speaks  in  the  literature  of  history,  imagination, 
poetry,  science,  or  religion.  So  long  as  men  believe  in 
God,  so  long  will  they  fashion  for  themselves  a  theology 
of  some  sort.  The  preacher  announces  himself  as  a 
teacher  of  God,  and  men  demand  of  him,  and  have  a  right 
to  demand,  that  his  teaching  concerning  God  and  man's 
relation  to  God  shall  be  definite,  clear  and  exact.  Men 
do  not  ask  from  the  minister  a  final  statement  of  truth, 
for  they  know  that  no  statement  of  truth  can  be  final,  but 
they  ask  for  something  that  shall  be  sufficiently  near  the 
eternal  fact  for  which  it  stands  to  serve  them.  Men 
resent  dogmatism.  They  welcome  theology,  a  clear, 
scientific  setting  forth,  not  in  technical  phrase,  but  in 
orderly  array  and  system  of  the  great  truths  of  revela- 
tion. 

The  ministry  of  grace  is  ordained  to  inspire  men  to 
noble  aspirations,  lofty  living  and  consecrated  service. 
Its  aim  is  to  relieve  the  fag  and  strain  and  stress  of  life ; 

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to  keep  faith  serene  and  strong ;  to  hold  before  men  the 
true  values  of  life ;  to  cause  hope  and  courage  to  sing  in 
every  heart ;  to  make  men  feel  how  near  the  heavens  are 
to  earth ;  to  quicken  the  soul  to  divine  endeavor  and  make 
the  heart  burn  with  a  holy  passion  for  the  Lord  Jesus— 
this  is  the  high  and  holy  and  enviable  purpose  and  privi- 
lege of  the  ministry  of  grace. 

The  ministry  of  grace  has  a  prophetic  function.  It  is 
successor  not  to  the  priestly  order  of  the  Old  Testament, 
but  to  the  prophetic  office.  The  prophet  was  the  most 
notable  figure  in  ancient  Israel.  When  he  was  in  the 
ascendant,  the  nation  rose  to  its  best ;  but  when  he  was 
ignored,  silenced,  or  banished,  the  people  deteriorated 
and  the  nation  declined.  The  prophet  was  the  man  that 
saw  and  said.  The  chief  characteristic  of  the  prophet  is 
that  he  sees  God,  sees  Him  in  the  light  of  all  the  ages, 
and  sees  Him  in  the  life  of  his  own  day  and  declares  and 
interprets  His  truth  to  his  day.  The  function  of  the 
ministry  of  grace  is  to  tell  forth  great  truths,  dominant 
principles,  and  so  point  out  the  broad  highways  along 
which  all  men  and  all  their  affairs  move  to  their  inevit- 
able destiny. 

All  these  several  phases  of  the  ministry  of  grace— its 
evangelistic,  its  teaching,  its  inspiring  and  its  prophetic 
function— unite  in  realizing  its  supreme  end,  the  set- 
ting forth  of  the  tremendous  realism  of  the  priesthood 
of  Jesus  Christ,  its  profound  spiritual  and  moral  neces- 
sity, and  its  design  as  an  historical  fact  to  produce  a 
definite  historical  and  spiritual  result— the  redemption 
of  mankind.  Not  simply  the  salvation  of  men,  but  a  new- 
born humanity,  and  through  that  a  reconstructed  society, 
a  redeemed  race  of  mortal  men  and  women  on  this  earth. 
This  is  the  Kingdom  of  God,  which  the  prophets  foretold 

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and  for  which  the  apostles  longed  and  labored.  This 
Kingdom  is  the  revelation,  the  keynote  of  all  the  dispen- 
sations. For  its  establishment  the  ministry  of  grace  is 
to  labor  by  preparing  the  way  for  the  coming  of  the 
King  and,  in  its  establishment  by  the  enthronement  of 
the  King,  the  ministry  of  grace  will  realize  its  eternal 
coronation. 

6.  The  ministry  of  grace  is  equipped  with  the  Word  of 
God  and  endowed  by  the  Spirit  of  God  for  the  fulfilment 
of  its  divine  mission.  As  an  ambassador  of  God  the  min- 
ister does  not  make  his  message.  He  delivers  the  mes- 
sage that  has  been  entrusted  to  him.  He  is  not  called  to 
proclaim  his  own  ideas  or  speculations,  but  to  preach 
God's  Word;  not  his  own  guesses  at  a  thousand  things, 
but  God's  revelation  of  truth  and  righteousness.  The 
preacher  has  not  a  roving  commission  to  wander  up  and 
down  the  universe  of  knowledge.  As  Christ's  ambassa- 
dor he  must  take  the  latitude  from  his  Master;  and 
Christ  concerned  Himself  with  the  relations  of  the  hu- 
man soul  to  God,  and  all  which  is  contained  in  that  fel- 
lowship. The  minister  will  never  exhaust  that  revelation. 
He  will  never  feel  equal  to  the  high  and  holy  duty  of 
declaring  it,  but  he  will  declare  it  and  he  will  declare  it 
with  the  tone  of  confidence  and  certainty,  for  it  is  God's 
eternal  truth.  Criticism  and  investigation  have  not 
changed  the  truth  of  God.  The  intellectual  play  on  the 
surface  has  not  touched  the  deep  verities.  The  truth  is 
a  fixed  quantity,  and  is  a  firm  path  through  the  highway 
of  the  ages.  The  great  guiding  lines  have  not  become 
confused  by  the  march  of  time;  they  are  as  true  and 
significant  today  as  on  the  day  when  they  were  first 
penned  and  they  have  as  clear  and  confident  a  message 
for  today.    Men  tell  us  that  the  need  of  the  hour  is  to 

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adjust  truth  to  modern  conditions.  The  need  is  that  we 
adjust  modern  conditions  to  truth.  I  do  not  see  how 
truth  can  be  adjusted  to  conditions,  but  I  do  see  how 
conditions  can  and  should  be  adjusted  to  truth.  You 
cannot  adjust  the  polar  star  to  the  ship's  compass,  but 
you  can  set  the  ship 's  compass  by  the  polar  star. 

In  unfolding  the  Word  of  God  the  ministry  of  grace 
depends  upon  the  guidance  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  knowing 
full  well  that  He  alone  can  disclose  and  interpret  what 
He  has  first  inspired.  Put  emphasis  upon  the  person- 
ality, upon  the  intellectual  equipment,  upon  the  all  round 
ability  of  the  preacher,  but  ever  remember  that  the 
power  that  melts  men's  wills  into  God's  will  is  not  in 
human  genius,  but  in  God's  grace.  This  divine  grace  is 
not  necessarily  independent  of  human  genius.  On  the 
contrary  it  ordinarily  uses  that  genius  as  the  channel  of 
its  operation.  Hence  the  insistent  and  imperious  de- 
mand for  a  ministry  that  is  equipped,  efficient,  enlight- 
ened and  enlightening.  No  man  with  any  power  of  vision 
can  be  blind  to  this  demand,  and  no  man  with  any  in- 
tegrity of  mind  can  ignore  it.  The  rock-bottom  need  of 
the  pulpit  is  baptized  intellect.  This  is  the  secret  of  the 
pulpit's  mastery  over  men  and  the  strength  of  its  posi- 
tion in  society.  From  Paul  to  Jonathan  Edwards,  from 
Jonathan  Edwards  to  Archibald  Alexander,  from  Archi- 
bald Alexander  to  Charles  Hodge,  from  Charles  Hodge 
to  men  whose  presence  on  this  occasion  alone  prohibits 
the  mention  of  their  names,  the  pathway  to  the  throne  of 
pulpit  power  is  lined  with  the  monuments  of  moun- 
tain-minded men.  There  was  spiritual  enduement, 
but  along  with  it  there  was  a  natural  endowment  that 
would  have  given  its  possessor  commanding  influence 
anywhere  among  men.     Behind  the  voices  that  have 

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stirred  the  world,  the  messages  that  have  thrilled  and 
enkindled  human  hearts,  were  thinking,  reasoning  men, 
speaking  out  of  the  large  and  the  rich  manhood  in  them- 
selves to  the  manhood  of  other  men.  But  they  were  sanc- 
tified, set  apart  men,  men  baptized  with  the  Holy  Ghost. 
Those  last  words,  " baptized  with  the  Holy  Ghost,"  let 
us  into  the  presence  of  that  unique  distinction  that  for- 
ever differentiates  the  endowment  of  the  ministers  of 
Christ  from  any  mere  natural  endowment.  It  is  endued 
endowment.  It  is  the  permeation  of  all  natural  qualities 
and  forces  with  a  divine  presence  and  their  control  by  a 
divine  power.  That  which  gives  the  ministry  of  grace 
its  authority  and  its  power,  either  to  evangelize  or  to 
teach,  is  not  the  native  gifts  of  its  ministers,  however 
great  they  may  be,  but  the  enduement  of  the  life  with  the 
majesty  and  glory  and  grace  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 


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THE  MAKING  OF  A  MINISTER 

ADDRESS 

BY  THE  REVEREND  RUSSELL  CECIL,  D.D. 

Pastor  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  Richmond,  Va. 

Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 

in  the  United  States 

THE  word  ''minister"  in  the  Scriptures  has  many 
uses,  but  for  our  purpose  on  this  occasion,  it  means 
"the  minister  of  the  Word".  He  is  the  chief  officer  in 
the  church  of  Christ,  and  his  multifarious  duties  are 
indicated  by  such  scriptural  titles  as  ambassador,  bishop, 
evangelist,  minister,  pastor,  preacher,  presbyter,  teacher, 
and  steward.  Among  these  titles,  priest  does  not  appear, 
and  indeed  is  made  conspicuous  by  its  absence.  The  sac- 
erdotal function  attaches  to  the  whole  body  of  believers, 
and  not  in  any  special  or  exclusive  sense  to  ministers  of 
the  Word.  It  is  the  privilege  of  any  disciple  of  Christ 
to  offer  spiritual  sacrifice  unto  the  Lord  without  the 
mediation  of  an  ecclesiastical  functionary.  We  are  not, 
therefore,  concerned  with  the  question  of  the  making  of 
a  priest. 

The  minister  of  the  Word  should  be  a  man.  It  does 
not  appear  that  women  were  called  to  this  office  in  the 
early  church.  Women  were  engaged  in  many  Christian 
activities,  and  their  labors  were  highly  blessed  of  God, 
but  they  were  not  designated  as  ministers  of  the  Word, 
and  it  can  not  be  shown  from  the  New  Testament  that 
any  woman  occupied  this  office. 

The  kind  of  man  needed  must  be  learned  from  the 
Holy  Scriptures.  The  office  is  many-sided,  and  the 
duties  of  it  are  grave  and  responsible.     The  minister 

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must  labor  in  the  spiritual  realm,  in  an  atmosphere  both 
strange  and  uncongenial  to  worldly  minds,  and  into 
which  no  one  should  venture  rashly  without  an  adequate 
acquaintance  with  the  character  of  the  work  required  of 
him  and  some  manifest  fitness  for  it.  God  can  without 
doubt  use  any  kind  of  a  man  to  work  His  will,  and  the 
history  of  the  church  shows  that  for  the  glory  of  His 
grace  He  has  often  "chosen  the  foolish",  "the  weak", 
"the  base",  and  "the  despised"  "to  confound  the  wise" 
and  "the  mighty"  (1  Cor.  1:26-29),  and  He  will  pre- 
sumably continue  this  course  as  long  as  His  infinite  wis- 
dom directs ;  yet  from  our  point  of  view,  as  enlightened 
by  the  teachings  and  example  of  the  apostles  and  our 
own  experience,  we  believe  that  the  best  material  out  of 
which  to  construct  a  minister  of  the  Word  is  a  manly 
man.  Whatever  the  great  Head  of  the  Church  may  do, 
as  it  pleases  Him,  in  the  selection  of  material,  He  has  not 
authorized  those  acting  in  His  name  to  "lay  hands  sud- 
denly" (1  Tim.  5:22)  on  any  kind  of  a  man  who  offers 
himself  for  the  ministry.  Some  men  are  constitution- 
ally unfitted  for  the  office,  and  should  be  firmly  rejected, 
as  an  honest  builder  rejects  an  unworthy  piece  of  timber 
in  the  construction  of  a  handsome  edifice.  We  should 
encourage  manly  men,  of  noble  minds  and  honest  hearts, 
to  undertake  this  work. 

Of  course  the  minister  should  be  a  godly  man ;  that  is, 
a  God-like  man;  one  whose  knowledge  of  God  is  first 
hand ;  not  a  simulator,  or  an  imitator,  or  even  that  sort 
of  an  investigator,  who  is  "ever  learning  and  never  able 
to  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the  truth"  (2  Tim.  3:7);  but 
a  man  of  deep  spiritual  experience,  who  has  heard  the 
voice  of  the  Spirit  in  his  own  soul  and  has  obeyed  it,  and 
has  become  like  God  in  his  love  of  truth,  of  righteous- 

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ness,  and  of  men.  It  is  impossible  to  make  a  true  min- 
ister of  the  Word  out  of  an  unregenerate  and  ungodly 
man. 

He  must  also  be  a  God-called  man.  There  is  a  differ- 
ence here  which  some  seem  willing  to  obscure.  A  godly 
man  and  a  God-called  man  are  not  necessarily  identical. 
Not  every  godly  man  is  called  to  preach.  The  minister 
should  be  able  to  say, 

' '  Sunset  and  evening  star 
And  one  clear  call  for  me!" 

It  is  just  as  impossible  to  make  a  minister  of  Christ's 
evangel  out  of  an  uncalled  man  as  it  is  out  of  an  ungodly 
man.  "No  man  taketh  this  honour  to  himself",  not  even 
the  devout  child  of  God.  It  is  bestowed  from  above.  God 
chooses  those  who  are  to  preach  the  Word,  and  in  some 
way  makes  clear  to  them  His  will.  Various  elements 
may  enter  into  a  call,  the  man's  own  convictions,  the 
indications  of  providence,  the  judgment  of  the  Church, 
the  desire  of  his  friends,  but  a  call  there  must  be. 

So  much  in  brief  as  to  the  material  out  of  which  the 
minister  is  to  be  constructed;  now  as  to  the  method. 
With  material  of  the  right  kind  furnished,  what  of  the 
process  through  which  it  should  be  put  in  order  to  make 
a  minister?  It  should  be  said  that  entire  harmony  of 
view  does  not  exist  in  different  branches  of  the  Christian 
church  upon  this  subject,  but  this  is  not  the  time  or  the 
place  to  discuss  divergencies  of  opinion.  An  effort  will 
be  made  simply  to  suggest  in  outline  certain  things  which 
are  of  value  in  this  process;  it  would  be  rash  to  say 
" things  which  are  essential".  With  the  right  kind  of 
material  in  hand,  who  can  point  out  definitely  what 

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things  are  essential  to  the  making  of  a  minister  ?  Some 
things  we  know  are  of  value  to  any  minister,  but  when  a 
man  is  evidently  sent  of  God  with  a  message  to  the  peo- 
ple, it  is  hazardous  for  us  to  prescribe  things  which  we 
believe  to  be  essential  to  him  for  the  proper  delivery  of 
it.  It  cannot  be  forgotten  that  some  men  who  have  ful- 
filled a  fruitful  ministry  have  entered  upon  their  work 
with  very  little  of  what  is  usually  regarded  as  helpful 
preparation.  This  is  not  an  indication,  however,  that 
preparation  is  useless  to  the  man  of  God.  Any  able- 
bodied  man  with  an  axe  in  his  hand  can  go  into  the  woods 
and  build  some  sort  of  a  house  to  shelter  himself  from 
the  weather,  but  if  he  were  a  well  trained  carpenter  with 
a  chest  of  fine  tools  at  his  hand,  he  could  build  a  better 
house.  The  fact  that  some  men  have  preached  the  gospel 
with  power  without  having  received  any  special  prepara- 
tion for  their  work  does  not  argue  that  they  might  not 
have  done  it  more  effectively  had  they  enjoyed  the 
advantages  of  theological  education. 

Early  environment  is  an  important  factor  in  the  mak- 
ing of  a  minister.  Family  life,  youthful  association, 
school  and  college  experiences  contribute  not  a  little  to 
the  formation  of  his  character  and  to  his  usefulness  in 
the  service.  The  apostle  Paul  owed  much  to  the  superior 
advantages  for  mental  and  moral  culture  which  he  en- 
joyed in  the  plastic  period  of  youth.  His  life  from  the 
beginning  was  evidently  projected  upon  an  elevated 
plane  by  his  parents,  and  he  himself  had  always  cher- 
ished high  ideals  of  personal  piety  and  duty ;  and  to  his 
early  training  no  doubt  much  of  his  remarkable  effi- 
ciency as  a  minister  was  due.  He  appreciated  the  same 
thing  in  Timothy,  and  took  occasion  to  remind  his  son 
in  the  faith  of  the  religious  atmosphere  of  his  mother's 
home  and  of  his  education  from  childhood  in  the  Holy 

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Scriptures.  Many  of  the  great  preachers  have  traced  the 
elements  of  their  power  to  these  early  sources.  We  can 
hardly  overestimate  their  value  in  the  make-up  of  the 
minister,  and  the  church  will  find  herself  poor  in  minis- 
ters of  the  right  kind  unless  the  spirit  of  Christ  dwells 
in  our  homes  and  schools  and  colleges. 

But  on  this  occasion  we  are  chiefly  interested  in  the 
work  of  the  theological  seminary.  Many  useful  minis- 
ters have  never  seen  the  inside  of  a  seminary,  but  schools 
of  the  prophets  and  institutions  for  the  training  of  men 
in  sacred  learning  have  existed  in  the  church  throughout 
the  most  of  her  history,  and  the  vast  majority  of  those 
who  have  served  in  the  sacred  office  have  received  their 
preparation  in  such  institutions.  As  we  are  celebrating 
the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  founding  of  a 
great  theological  seminary,  the  character  of  work  done 
in  such  an  institution  demands  our  attention. 

It  may  be  said  at  the  outset  that  it  should  not  be  me- 
chanical. Students  are  not  to  be  regarded  as  empty 
barrels  to  be  filled  with  theology,  headed  up  with  a 
diploma,  and  thus  made  ready  to  be  shipped  to  various 
parts  of  the  world  where  they  can  be  opened  on  the  Sab- 
bath day  for  the  spiritual  nourishment  of  the  people.  Nor 
are  they  thermos  bottles  to  be  charged  with  hot  air,  or 
only  with  "milk  for  babes";  but  they  are  living  men  to 
be  trained  for  a  holy  service  to  living  men  and  women. 
The  work  done  in  the  seminary  therefore  should  be  in- 
stinct with  life  and  in  close  touch  with  human  interests. 
Human  needs  and  sorrows,  human  hopes  and  aspira- 
tions should  lie  upon  the  hearts  of  instructors,  and  no 
effort  on  their  part  should  be  spared  to  quicken  the  sym- 
pathies of  their  students  with  the  suffering  and  strug- 
gling masses  of  mankind. 

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seminary  a  wholesome  spiritual  atmosphere.  It  may  be 
thought  by  some  that  this  goes  without  saying  among 
those  who  have  devoted  themselves  to  the  sacred  calling, 
but  that  is  not  true.  The  student  of  theology  is  tempted 
to  become  spiritually  morbid  on  the  one  hand,  or  spiritu- 
ally apathetic  on  the  other.  One  needs  to  be  encouraged 
in  healthy  normal  development,  and  another  needs  in- 
struction in  spiritual  ideals  and  the  toning  up  of  his 
notions  of  the  kinship  of  ministerial  character  and  con- 
duct. If  the  spiritual  atmosphere  of  the  seminary  is 
either  too  fetid  or  too  frigid,  the  best  results  in  the  mak- 
ing of  ministers  can  not  be  secured.  One  extreme  is 
perhaps  as  dangerous  as  the  other.  In  the  active  work 
the  course  of  the  true  minister  lies  between  religious 
fanaticism  on  the  one  side  and  worldliness  on  the  other, 
and  unless  therefore  he  comes  from  the  seminary  with  a 
robust  character,  with  clear  conceptions  of  gospel  truth, 
and  with  sound  views  as  to  the  spirituality  of  the  church 
both  in  its  purpose  and  in  its  method,  he  is  almost  sure  to 
be  " corrupted  from  the  simplicity  that  is  in  Christ." 

This  is  not  the  time  or  the  place  to  discuss  with  any 
fulness  matters  of  curriculum.  There  are  some  things, 
however,  which  I  wish  to  say.  The  course  of  study  in  a 
theological  seminary  should  be  comprehensive  in  its 
scope  and  scientific  in  its  methods.  It  should  embrace 
everything  that  can  throw  light  upon  the  origin  and 
history,  the  significance  and  worth  of  Christianity;  it 
should  honestly  face  all  the  difficulties  of  revelation  and 
inspiration;  and  it  should  refuse  to  deal  superficially 
with  any  of  the  great  problems  of  supernatural  religion. 
A  theological  school  above  all  others  should  be  thorough 
in  its  investigations  of  the  foundations  on  which  revealed 
truth  rests,  and  should  send  its  students  out  to  their 

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work  well  established  in  their  faith  in  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures. Men  who  do  not  believe  the  Bible,  the  source  from 
which  their  message  comes,  certainly  can  not  preach  it  to 
others.  Preaching  to  be  effective  must  be  positive  and 
dogmatic,  not  negative  and  apologetic,  and  what  the 
character  of  it  shall  be  must  depend  upon  the  kind  of 
instruction  the  minister  receives  in  his  seminary.  The 
teachers  in  our  seminaries  therefore  should  be  scholars 
second  to  none  in  their  own  departments,  but  they  should 
also  be  men  of  faith ;  otherwise,  the  students  who  sit  at 
their  feet  will  have  no  message  worth  delivering.  Min- 
isters should  not  be  educated  to  disseminate  unbelief, 
but,  as  Paul  says,  they  should  be  so  "established  in  the 
faith"  (Col.  2:7)  as  to  be  guides  and  helpers  of  those 
who  seek  a  firm  footing  in  the  divine  truth.  If  our  semi- 
naries are  to  turn  out  men  of  feeble  faith,  they  had  far 
better  cease  to  exist.  Unbelievers  are  plentiful  enough 
now  without  training  men  to  add  to  their  number. 

But  while  the  curriculum  of  the  seminary  should  be 
broad  and  thorough,  it  should  not  be  forgotten  that  all 
men  who  are  called  to  preach  the  gospel  are  not  called  to 
become  technical  scholars.  There  are  different  depart- 
ments of  church  work  for  which  men  should  be  specially 
prepared ;  and  experience  shows  that,  for  the  attainment 
of  this  end,  the  course  of  study  in  the  seminary  has  not 
always  been  happily  arranged.  It  has  been  too  much  of 
a  procrustean  bed  upon  which  all  classes  of  students,  if 
they  desire  a  degree,  are  compelled  to  lie.  The  law  of 
adaptation  of  means  to  end  has  not  been  wisely  applied. 
In  recent  years,  this  matter  has  been  receiving  more 
attention  and  it  should  continue  to  do  so.  In  addition 
to  a  comprehensive  and  thorough-going  required  course, 
why  should  not  the  seminary  add  a  large  number  of 

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electives,  adapted  to  fitting  men  for  the  growing  needs  of 
the  church  %  The  complicated  religious  activities  of  our 
day  demand  a  variety  of  ministers,  and  many  think  that 
the  theological  seminary  is  a  failure  as  a  place  for  pre- 
paring men  for  meeting  the  demands  of  present  condi- 
tions. It  is  charged  that  the  men  sent  out  are  not  fitted 
to  grapple  with  the  task  before  them,  and  that  they  are 
outstripped  by  others  trained  in  the  school  of  experi- 
ence and  in  minor  institutions,  who  are  laboring  in  or- 
ganizations of  an  undenominational  character.  There  is 
enough  truth  in  this  charge  to  awaken  the  church  to  the 
importance  of  equipping  her  seminaries  for  dealing 
intelligently  with  every  species  of  practical  church  life. 
We  can  not  disguise  the  fact  that  many  extra-ecclesiasti- 
cal movements  owe  their  origin  to  a  wide-spread  feeling 
that  the  church  is  not  meeting  in  an  adequate  manner  the 
demands  of  the  age  in  furnishing  men  capable  of  dealing 
with  present  day  practical  problems.  I  do  not  appear 
as  an  apologist  for  movements  of  this  kind,  nor  do  I 
admit  that  the  church  is  inadequately  equipped  for 
evangelizing  people  of  all  grades  of  society  and  for 
taking  care  of  the  needy,  but  I  do  believe  that  there  is  a 
weakness  in  her  system  of  theological  education  which  if 
corrected  would  render  unnecessary  most,  if  not  all,  of 
the  extra-ecclesiastical  movements  of  the  day.  I  believe 
thoroughly  in  the  doctrine  that  the  church  is  the  divinely 
ordained  agency  for  the  evangelization  of  the  world. 
Our  seminaries  should  cultivate  more  and  more  the  mis- 
sionary spirit,  and  instruct  their  students  in  the  vast 
work  of  modern  missions.  Every  student  who  leaves  the 
halls  of  a  theological  school  should  be  a  missionary. 
Whether  his  life  work  be  in  a  seminary,  in  a  city  church, 
in  the  slums,  on  the  frontier,  or  in  the  foreign  field  is  a 

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matter  of  secondary  importance  compared  with  the  in- 
terest he  feels  in  the  evangelization  of  the  world  and  the 
earnestness  with  which  he  devotes  himself  to  it.  It  is  an 
open  question  in  which  position  he  can  be  of  greatest  use. 
The  efficiency  of  every  minister  will  depend  upon  his 
personal  piety  and  equipment,  but  the  pastor  or  the 
theological  professor  can  be  as  truly  missionary  in  his 
desire  to  obey  the  command  of  the  Master  as  the  man  who 
labors  among  the  heathen. 

More  attention  also  should  be  given  to  the  study  of 
expression.  It  is  strange  that  men  who  have  consecrated 
themselves  to  the  gospel  ministry  should  care  so  little  to 
cultivate  the  art  of  public  speaking ;  and  yet,  nothing  is 
truer  than  that  many  a  good  sermon  fails  to  be  effective 
because  of  a  poor  delivery.  Our  seminaries  should  make 
more  of  this  matter,  and  more  emphasis  should  be  laid 
upon  the  importance  of  correct  composition  and  impres- 
sive delivery.  The  forms  in  which  truth  is  clothed  and 
the  manner  in  which  it  is  presented  are  matters  of  vital 
moment  which  many  a  minister  learns,  or  far  more  fre- 
quently discovers  that  he  has  not  learned,  long  after  the 
day  of  his  usefulness  has  passed.  A  man  charged  with  a 
great  message  to  the  people  should  certainly  study  the 
best  way  to  deliver  it.  Of  what  use  would  a  magazine 
gun  be  on  the  field  of  battle  in  the  hands  of  a  man  who 
did  not  know  how  to  operate  it  ?  How  can  a  pious  and 
learned  minister  of  the  Word  fulfil  the  functions  of  his 
office  if  he  be  unable  to  clothe  the  truth  in  living  words 
and  utter  them  with  a  voice  and  emphasis  which  will 
claim  the  attention  of  the  people?  I  know  this  subject 
usually  receives  indifferent  attention  in  the  seminary, 
but  after  more  than  thirty  years 'experience  in  preaching 
the  Word,  I  am  convinced  that  the  process  of  making 


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ministers  might  be  improved  if  more  serious  study  were 
given  to  the  arts  of  composition  and  delivery. 

I  close  with  the  remark  that  Christian  people  every- 
where feel  that  humanizing  influences  should  be  thrown 
around  the  young  men  in  our  seminaries;  that  they 
should  not  be  cloistered  scholastics,  withdrawn  from  the 
stirring  life  of  the  day ;  but  that  they  should  be  men  of 
loving  hearts,  who,  when  they  come  forth  to  their  work, 
are  able  to  sympathize  with  the  poor  and  needy,  and 
know  how  to  dispense  the  gospel  of  the  grace  of  God  to 
our  perishing  race. 


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PRINCETON  IN  THE  WORK  OF  THE 
PASTORATE 

ADDRESS 

BY  THE  REVEREND  WILLIAM  LEONARD  McEWAN,  D.D. 
Pastor  of  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  Pittsburgh 

THE  glory  of  a  theological  seminary  consists  in  the 
number  and  character  of  the  men  it  trains  for  the 
gospel  ministry.  However  eminent  may  be  the  scholars 
produced,  as  distinguished  from  preachers,  and  however 
excellent  their  services  to  the  church  and  the  world  in 
the  defense  of  truth  and  the  refutation  of  error,  it  must 
still  be  true  that  the  chief  work  of  a  theological  seminary 
is  in  the  preparation  of  men  for  the  service  of  preaching. 
Scholars  are  the  by-products  of  such  a  school.  They  are 
vastly  needed.  They  are  greatly  used.  They  are  to  be 
honored  and  appreciated.  We  take  pride  in,  and  give 
thanks  for,  the  great  scholars  who  have  come  from  this 
institution.  A  theological  seminary  exists,  primarily, 
for  the  purpose  of  training,  for  pastors  and  preachers 
to  the  common  people,  men  who  believe  they  have  been 
called  of  God  into  the  ministry  of  the  gospel.  That 
school  of  the  prophets  most  fully  meets  its  end  which 
sends  forth  in  largest  numbers  men  who  are  qualified 
to  "rightly  divide  the  word  of  truth'',  who  preach  with 
holy  confidence  "the  unsearchable  riches  of  Christ",  and 
who  have  also  learned  that,  with  full  and  accurate  schol- 
arship and  persuasive  eloquence,  they  cannot  do  their 
work  without  the  presence  and  the  power  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  of  God.  It  is  by  this  standard  we  measure  to-day 
the  work  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  for  these 
hundred  years. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

This  school  of  the  prophets  was  born  in  the  fulness  of 
time.  In  the  early  years  of  the  nineteenth  century  the 
necessity  for  the  establishment  of  a  theological  seminary 
by  the  Presbyterian  Church  was  evident.  Theological 
education  was  in  a  chaotic  state.  Colleges  such  as  Yale, 
Harvard,  Princeton,  Hampden- Sidney,  and  others  were 
preparing  men  for  the  ministr}^  and  many  individual 
pastors  had  classes  of  young  men  under  their  care.  There 
was  a  growing  and  wide-spread  conviction  that  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  ought  to  establish  a  school  for  the  one 
purpose  of  training  ministers. 

The  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  led  by  Dr.  Ashbel 
Green,  brought  the  matter  to  the  attention  of  the  General 
Assembly  in  1805.  In  1808  Dr.  Archibald  Alexander  of 
Philadelphia,  the  retiring  Moderator,  emphasized  the 
Church's  duty  and  responsibility  for  the  supply  of  min- 
isters. The  Committee  of  the  General  Assembly,  ap- 
pointed in  1810  to  draft  a  plan  for  a  Theological 
Seminary  to  be  established  at  Princeton,  presented  reso- 
lutions which  were  adopted,  one  of  which  was, 

"That,  as  filling  the  Church  with  a  learned  and  able 
ministry  without  a  corresponding  portion  of  real  piety, 
would  be  a  curse  to  the  world  and  an  offense  to  God  and 
His  people,  so  the  General  Assembly  think  it  their  duty 
to  state  that  in  establishing  a  seminary  for  training  up 
ministers,  it  is  their  earnest  desire  to  guard,  as  far  as 
possible,  against  so  great  an  evil.  And,  they  do  hereby 
solemnly  pledge  themselves  to  the  Churches  under  their 
care,  that  in  forming  and  carrying  into  execution  the 
plan  of  the  proposed  seminary  it  will  be  their  endeavor 
to  make  it,  under  the  blessing  of  God,  a  nursery  of  vital 
piety  as  well  as  of  sound  theological  learning,  and  to 
train  up  persons  for  the  ministry  who  shall  be  lovers  as 

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well  as  defenders  of  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus,  friends 
of  revivals  of  religion,  and  a  blessing  to  the  Church  of 
God". 

The  Board  of  Directors  held  their  first  meeting  in 
Princeton  on  June  30th,  1812.  On  the  12th  day  of 
August  the  Seminary  was  formally  opened  by  the  in- 
auguration of  Dr.  Alexander.  Three  students  matricu- 
lated at  the  opening.  The  number  increased  to  nine  be- 
fore the  close  of  the  first  year. 

The  Assembly  of  1813  elected  Dr.  Samuel  Miller  of 
New  York  City  as  a  professor,  and  in  1820  Dr.  Charles 
Hodge  was  added  to  the  Faculty.  These  professors,  by 
God's  grace  and  under  His  guidance,  laid  the  founda- 
tions of  Princeton  Seminary.  They  planted  the  seeds 
which  through  the  years  have  grown,  bearing  the  fruits 
upon  which  the  Church  has  lived.  They  started  those 
streams  that  have  brought  life  whithersoever  they  have 
come,  and  which  have  deepened  and  widened  with  each 
succeeding  generation. 

Princeton  Seminary  has  had  illustrious  names  on  the 
roll  of  its  Faculty,  and  the  great  men  who  have  been 
among  its  teachers  have  been  known  and  honored  among 
the  lovers  of  evangelical  truth  throughout  the  world,  but 
there  have  not  been  any  who  have  not  delighted  to  recog- 
nize and  rejoice  in  the  leadership  of  these  three  great 
heroic  scholars  and  saints. 

Never  were  men  more  unlike  in  temperament  and  tal- 
ents, and  never  were  men  more  united  in  the  one  supreme 
purpose  of  teaching  and  interpreting  the  Word  of  God. 
They  supplemented  each  other  until  the  impression  made 
upon  the  students  was  not  confused,  but  clear,  definite, 
distinct  and,  perhaps,  unique.  This  impression  was  the 
Princeton  stamp  upon  its  students.    It  was  not  so  much 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

the  imparting  of  a  particular  system  of  theology,  as  lead- 
ing men  to  a  love  for  the  truth,  an  unqualified  acceptance 
of  the  Word  of  God  as  the  infallible  rule  of  faith  and 
practice,  and  a  great  sense  of  responsibility  upon  every 
teacher  of  the  Word.  There  was  a  full  appreciation  of 
high  scholarship,  with  a  devout  and  humble  sense  of  de- 
pendence and  a  thorough  evangelical  spirit. 

Dr.  Alexander's  distinguishing  characteristic  was  a 
wonderfully  clear  and  penetrating  insight  into  Christian 
experience.  He  had  himself  been  brought  to  a  know- 
ledge of  Christ  after  much  sense  of  sin  and  travail  of 
soul.  Under  the  trees  in  the  mountains  of  Virginia  he 
had  spent  hours  and  days  in  fasting  and  prayer  and  the 
study  of  the  Bible.  He  had  learned  to  observe  closely  his 
own  mental  states  and  exercises  and  to  weigh  carefully 
the  experiences  of  his  soul.  He  was  peculiarly  qualified 
to  deal  with  young  men  preparing  for  the  ministry.  His 
great  ability  as  a  teacher  and  his  broad  scholarship  were 
united  with  a  child-like  simplicity  of  heart,  transparent 
sincerity,  and  a  great  loyal,  personal  love  to  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ.  He  was  also  a  man  of  plain  common  sense, 
and  he  knew  how  to  deal  with  men  of  every  class.  It  is 
not  strange  that  his  coming  to  Princeton,  humanly 
speaking,  was  the  means  of  a  revival  of  religion  in  the 
College  and  in  the  town  during  the  first  year  of  his  resi- 
dence. 

Dr.  Miller  had  a  comprehensive  view  of  pastoral  duty. 
He  understood  and  loved  the  polity  of  the  Church.  He 
was  a  great  authority  in  the  department  of  history. 
When  he  was  called  to  undertake  the  work  of  a  profes- 
sor, coming  from  the  foremost  pulpit  in  the  land,  he 
wrote  in  his  diary, 

"Resolved,  that  I  will  endeavor,  by  the  grace  of  God, 

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to  set  such  an  example  for  the  candidates  for  the  min- 
istry committed  to  my  care  as  shall  convince  them  that, 
though  I  esteem  theological  knowledge  and  all  its  auxil- 
iary branches  of  science  very  highly,  I  esteem  genuine 
and  deep  piety  as  a  still  more  vital  and  important  quali- 
fication. 

Resolved,  that,  by  the  grace  of  God,  I  will  not  merge 
my  office  as  a  Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  that  of  Professor. 
I  am  persuaded  that  no  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  to  what- 
ever office  he  may  be  called,  ought  to  give  up  preaching". 

Dr.  Hodge's  characteristic  that  marked  him  from 
others  was  the  emphasis  he  put  on  objective  faith  in 
Christ.  Those  who  heard  him  speak  of  the  love  of  Jesus 
Christ  for  sinful  men,  the  glory  of  His  Person,  the  great- 
ness of  His  redeeming  grace,  never  forgot  how  his  whole 
soul  seemed  to  bow  in  adoring  worship  and  his  heart  to 
overflow  in  grateful  love  as  he  preached  and  taught.  His 
class-room  was  a  place  of  worship.  When  he  was  con- 
sidering the  call  given  to  him  to  become  a  teacher  in  the 
Seminary  he  wrote,  "I  believe  that  I  would  rather  be 
homeless  and  penniless  through  life  than  in  any  way 
whatever  enter  such  an  office  unsent  of  God  ".  ' '  It  seems 
to  me  that  the  heart,  more  than  the  head,  of  an  instructor 
in  a  religious  seminary  qualifies  or  unfits  him  for  his 
station".  The  first  sentence  in  his  inaugural  address  was, 
"The  moral  qualities  of  an  interpreter  of  the  Scriptures 
may  all  be  included  in  piety,  which  embraces  humility, 
candor  and  those  inward  feelings  which  can  only  result 
from  the  operations  of  the  Holy  Spirit". 

Dr.  Alexander  was  here  thirty-nine  years,  Dr.  Miller 
twenty-six  years  and  Dr.  Hodge  fifty-two  years.  Under 
these  greatest  scholars  of  their  generation  and  most 
attractive  Christian  gentlemen  there  was  formed  a  cer- 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

tain  type  of  pastor  and  preacher.  They  accepted  the 
Bible  as  the  Word  of  God,  and  sought  intelligently  to 
explain  it  to  the  people.  They  understood  and  received 
the  Reformed  Theology  as  the  system  taught  in  the 
Bible.  They  believed  in  the  form  of  government  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  and  the  dignity  and  authority  of 
its  courts. 

At  the  time  the  Seminary  was  opened  this  country  was 
at  war  with  Great  Britain.  The  fourth  President  of  the 
United  States,  James  Madison— a  graduate  of  Princeton 
College— was  closing  his  first  term  of  service.  The  popu- 
lation of  the  country  was  about  seven  million.  A  new 
national  spirit  was  rapidly  forming.  The  tide  was  mov- 
ing west.  New  territories  were  being  settled.  New  com- 
munities were  being  formed.  The  Church  had  need  of 
more  ministers.  Into  these  fields  the  Seminary  began 
to  send  its  graduates.  They  worked  a  quiet  but  thorough 
revolution  in  the  ideals  and  accomplishments  of  the  pas- 
torate. They  exercised  great  influence  wherever  they 
went.  The  Church  and  the  country  felt  the  reinforce- 
ment of  the  army  of  the  Lord  in  the  coming  of  these 
strong,  trained  preachers  and  leaders.  They  set  higher 
standards  for  the  ministry.  They  led  the  Church  to  ex- 
pect better  service.  They  influenced  whole  communities 
by  their  superior  attainments  and  ability  as  leaders. 
They  became  the  evangelists  under  whose  preaching 
great  revivals  swept  over  the  country. 

In  the  first  ten  classes  graduated  there  were  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty-six  students.  From  these  graduates  there 
were  six  moderators  of  the  General  Assembly;  two  bish- 
ops of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church ;  fifteen  college 
presidents,  presiding  over  such  colleges  as  Princeton, 
Tale,  Jefferson,  Dickinson,  Hanover,  Centre,  Western 

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University  of  Pennsylvania  and  others.  From  these 
classes  there  went  forth  missionaries  and  pioneers  to 
every  part  of  the  land.  Throughout  the  South,  from 
which  many  of  the  students  came,  over  the  wide,  opening 
West  to  the  far  Pacific  slope,  their  influence  was  felt. 

It  would  not  be  possible  in  the  limits  of  this  address 
even  to  mention  the  names  of  the  Princeton  men  who 
have  done  their  work  for  the  Church  and  for  God  in  this 
land,  for,  with  the  graduating  class  of  this  year,  there 
are  five  thousand  nine  hundred  and  forty-seven  Alumni. 

It  would  be  interesting  to  take  up  one  class  after  an- 
other, and  make  mention  of  the  services  of  its  members. 

In  the  first  class  of  the  Seminary  was  William  Ander- 
son McDowell.  Graduating  from  Princeton  College  in 
1809,  he  had  already  been  pursuing  a  theological  course 
under  the  president,  Dr.  Samuel  Stanhope  Smith.  Upon 
his  graduation  he  settled  at  Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  and 
afterwards  in  the  First  Church  of  Morristown.  Threat- 
ened with  pulmonary  trouble  he  spent  the  winter  of  1823 
in  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  was  pastor  of  the  church  there 
for  ten  years.  He  was  elected  moderator  of  the  General 
Assembly  in  1832,  and,  by  the  Assembly  of  1833,  was 
appointed  Secretary  of  Domestic  Missions.  In  this  office 
he  served  until  his  death  in  1851,  doing  an  unsurpassed 
work.  Of  him  it  was  said,  "Being  dead  he  yet  speaks,  and 
will  for  generations  continue  to  speak,  in  the  Churches 
planted  by  his  instrumentality,  the  missionaries  encour- 
aged by  his  sympathy,  and  the  souls  brought  under  the 
enlightening  influence  of  the  Gospel  by  his  unwearied 
exertions". 

From  that  same  first  class  was  graduated  Benjamin 
Franklin  Stanton.  Remarkable  revivals  accompanied 
his  preaching  during  his  nine  years '  pastorate  at  Hudson, 

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N.  Y.  He  was  pastor  of  the  church  at  Hanover,  Va., 
from  1829  to  1842.  After  the  death  of  Dr.  John  H.  Rice, 
he  was  lecturer  on  theology  in  the  Union  Theological 
Seminary  of  Virginia.  He  died  of  consumption  in  1843. 
Dr.  Weed  said  of  him,  "For  twenty  years  he  was  dying 
of  consumption,  and  knew  he  was  dying  of  consumption, 
still  he  never  ceased  to  preach  while  he  had  strength  to 
stand  in  his  pulpit";  and  the  Honorable  Ben  Butler 
testified,  "In  his  theological  views  Mr.  Stanton  con- 
formed, ex  animo,  to  the  standards  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  as  expounded  at  Princeton". 

From  the  second  class  there  went  forth  sixteen  men. 
John  Finley  Crowe  was  pastor  in  Hanover,  Ind.,  and  in 
1824  began  the  school  which  grew  into  Hanover  College, 
with  which  he  was  connected  until  his  death  in  1860. 

From  this  second  class  John  Todd  Edgar  went  forth 
to  labor  in  Kentucky  and  Tennessee.  He  was  moderator 
of  the  General  Assembly  in  1842. 

Eliphalet  Wheeler  Gilbert,  from  the  second  graduat- 
ing class,  labored  in  Wilmington,  Del.  twenty  years, 
where  there  is  a  memorial  church  bearing  his  name.  He 
was  president  of  Dickinson  College,  pastor  in  Philadel- 
phia, and  director  of  this  Seminary  for  six  years. 

Elisha  Pope  Swift  was  a  member  of  this  class.  He 
labored  in  Pittsburgh  and  Allegheny  for  forty-one  years. 
He  was  a  professor  in  the  Western  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  instructor  in  the  Western  Theological 
Seminary.  He  exerted  as  wide  an  influence,  left  as  deep 
an  impression  and  did  as  much  constructive  work  as  any 
of  the  great  men  who  have  labored  in  that  part  of  the 
country.  He  founded  the  missionary  society  which  after- 
wards became  the  present  Board  of  Foreign  Missions. 

In  the  third  class  there  were  seventeen  men.    Among 

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these  was  Jeremiah  Chamberlain.  He  founded  three  col- 
leges, one  of  which  was  Centre  College,  Kentucky. 

George  Washington  Gale,  a  member  of  this  class,  led  a 
colony,  from  New  York  state  and  settled  in  Illinois, 
where  his  name  was  given  to  the  town  of  Galesburg.  He 
was  the  founder  of  Knox  College. 

Thomas  Charlton  Henry,  of  this  class,  died  in  1827, 
thirty-eight  years  of  age,  but  not  until  he  had  received 
the  degree  of  D.D.  from  Yale,  and  had  been  associated 
with  the  movement  that  resulted  in  the  founding  of  Co- 
lumbia Theological  Seminary  of  South  Carolina. 

Sylvester  Larned  went  directly  from  the  Seminary  on 
a  mission  to  the  Indians  of  the  Southwest,  and  to  investi- 
gate the  religious  conditions  of  the  city  of  New  Orleans. 
He  is  described  as  the  most  finished  orator  and  the  most 
effective  preacher  in  America  in  his  day.  Wherever  it 
was  known  that  he  was  to  preach  crowds  thronged  the 
churches.  People  of  all  classes  were  attracted  by  his 
preaching  in  New  Orleans  and  a  splendid  church  build- 
ing was  erected  by  popular  subscription,  and  he  was 
called  to  be  the  pastor.  He  died  of  yellow  fever  in  New 
Orleans  on  his  twenty-fifth  birthday.  It  would  be  hard 
to  find  any  other  man  of  whom  such  estimates  of  power 
and  promise  were  made. 

Samuel  Lyle  Graham,  of  the  class  of  1818,  was  a  mis- 
sionary and  pastor  for  seventeen  years.  Extensive  re- 
vivals are  recorded  in  the  churches  in  which  he  preached. 
He  was  elected  to  the  chair  of  Ecclesiastical  History  in 
the  Union  Seminary  of  Virginia  in  1838.  During  his 
professorship  he  continued  to  preach  regularly.  When 
he  was  sick  with  his  last  illness  in  1851,  Dr.  Rice  came 
into  his  room  and  said,  "Dr.  Alexander  has  got  home 
before  you",  thus  bringing  to  him  the  news  of  the  death 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

of  his  dearly  beloved  teacher.  The  dying  man  raised 
himself  in  bed  and  cried  out, "  Oh,  is  it  possible  %  Is  it  so  ? 
I  had  almost  shouted  'glory'.  Heaven  has  seldom  re- 
ceived from  earth  such  an  inhabitant.  His  society  in 
heaven  will  be  invaluable ' '. 

There  is  not  time  to  pronounce  the  names  of  all  the 
eminent  graduates  of  this  Seminary,  who  have  been 
known  throughout  the  Church.  There  have  been  forty- 
two  moderators  of  our  Church,  and  fourteen  moderators 
of  other  branches  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  making 
fifty-six  in  all.  Of  the  seventy-eight  professors  in  theo- 
logical seminaries  connected  with  the  General  Assembly 
of  our  Church  at  this  time,  exactly  one-third,  or  twenty- 
six,  are  graduates  of  Princeton.  There  have  been  one 
hundred  and  twenty-four  chaplains  in  the  Army  and 
Navy.  There  have  gone  out  four  hundred  and  twenty-five 
foreign  missionaries  who  have  labored  in  all  the  lands 
where  the  Church  has  thrown  its  battle  lines.  There 
have  been  one  hundred  and  three  secretaries  of  the 
Boards  of  our  Church  and  of  agencies  connected  with  it. 
There  have  been  one  hundred  and  sixty-one  presidents 
of  colleges  and  universities.  There  have  also  been  six 
hundred  and  eighty  professors  and  teachers,  and  sixty- 
six  editors. 

By  general  consent,  perhaps  the  most  eminent 
preacher  ever  sent  out  from  this  school  was  Dr.  James 
W.  Alexander  of  New  York,  of  the  class  of  1824. 

Albert  Barnes,  of  the  class  of  1823,  was  for  forty  years 
the  pastor  of  the  First  Church  of  Philadelphia.  When 
his  name  was  known  throughout  the  English-speaking 
world,  and  his  books  were  printed  in  tens  of  thousands, 
he  died  while  making  a  pastoral  call  on  a  sick  parish- 
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Henry  A.  Boardnian,  of  the  class  of  1833,  had  but  one 
charge.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Tenth  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Philadelphia  for  forty-seven  years.  He  was 
moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  in  1854,  and  elected 
to  the  chair  of  Pastoral  Theology  in  Princeton  Seminary 
in  1853.  During  his  pastorate  three  thousand  four  hun- 
dred and  fifty  persons  united  with  his  church,  fifteen 
hundred  of  them  on  confession  of  their  faith. 

No  history  of  Kentucky  could  be  written  without  re- 
cognizing the  influence  and  the  work  of  the  sons  of 
Princeton.  Woven  into  the  civil  and  ecclesiastical  his- 
tory of  that  state  are  the  names  of  Robert  J.  Breckin- 
ridge and  John  Breckinridge,  John  C.  Young  and  Wil- 
liam C.  Matthews,  Nathan  L.  Rice,  Stuart  Robinson, 
Thomas  Cleland,  L.  W.  Green  and  many  others. 

Nor  would  the  history  of  Western  Pennsylvania  be 
complete  without  the  names  of  Elisha  P.  Swift,  Wm.  S. 
Plumer,  Wm.  M.  Paxton,  M.  W.  Jacobus  and  George  T. 
Purves. 

Indeed  if  there  were  time  to  revive  the  memories  of 
those  who  are  familiar  with  the  great  movements  that  are 
written  in  our  history,  the  reading  of  the  names  of  the 
men  whose  influence  has  been  great  in  the  time  of  crisis 
or  through  long  years  of  service  would  be  sufficient— 
James  W.  Alexander,  John  C.  Backus,  for  forty-eight 
years  in  Baltimore ;  J.  Trumbull  Backus,  for  forty-one 
years  in  Schenectady,  N.  Y. ;  George  D.  Baker,  for  a 
score  of  years  in  Philadelphia;  Albert  Barnes,  forty 
years  in  Philadelphia ;  Charles  C.  Beatty,  for  sixty  years 
in  Steuben ville,  Ohio;  William  Blackburn;  Henry  A. 
Boardman,  for  forty-seven  years  in  Philadelphia ;  Rob 't 
J.  Breckinridge  of  Kentucky ;  James  H.  Brookes  of  St. 
Louis;  T.  W.  Chambers,  nearly  half  a  century  in  New 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

York  City ;  William  C.  Cattell,  Joseph  Christmas,  foun- 
der of  the  American  Church  in  Montreal ;  Bishop  T.  M. 
Clark;  Richard  F.  Cleveland  (father  of  a  president  of 
the  United  States)  ;  Theodore  L.  Cuyler,  for  thirty  years 
in  Brooklyn;  Doak  of  Tennessee;  J.  T.  Duryea,  Phile- 
mon H.  Fowler,  Sam'l  W.  Fisher,  P.  D.  Gurley  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C;  Leroy  J.  Halsey,  A.  A.  Hodge,  C.  W. 
Hodge,  E.  B.  Hodge,  F.  B.  Hodge,  William  H.  Horn- 
blower,  William  Henry  Green,  Charles  K.  Imbrie,  pas- 
tor, secretary  and  editor ;  Sheldon  Jackson,  Bishop  John 
Johns,  M.  W.  Jacobus,  S.  H.  Kellogg,  John  M.  Krebs,  of 
New  York ;  John  C.  Lowrie,  Willis  Lord,  Bishop  A.  N. 
Littlejohn,  J.  M.  Ludlow,  Erskine  Mason,  Bishop  C.  B. 
Mcllvaine,  David  Magie,  George  W.  Musgrave,  Thomas 
Murphy,  N.  G.  Parke,  R.  M.  Patterson,  W.  S.  Plumer, 
S.  I.  Prime,  William  M.  Paxton,  George  T.  Purves, 
Nathan  L.  Rice,  Rendall  of  Lincoln,  David  H.  Riddle, 
Stuart  Robinson,  Charles  S.  Robinson,  W.  D.  Snod- 
grass,  William  A.  Scott,  W.  B.  Sprague,  J.  G.  Symmes, 
E.  P.  Swift,  H.  J.  Van  Dyke,  C.  Van  Rensselaer,  Charles 
Wadsworth. 

It  was,  of  course,  my  purpose  to  refrain  from  speak- 
ing of  the  living  men,  some  of  whom  have  not  fallen  short 
in  reputation  and  service  of  the  greatest  of  those  who 
have  finished  their  work.  They  stand  today  in  places  of 
importance  and  usefulness  all  over  the  land.  I  beg  to 
make  two  exceptions  to  the  rule  adopted. 

In  "The  Presbyterian"  of  this  week  is  the  following 
letter  from  James  Park  of  the  class  of  1846,  the  oldest 
living  graduate  of  this  Seminary : 

"I  matriculated  in  the  Seminary  in  September,  1843, 
and  took  the  full  course,  graduating  in  1846 ;  and,  by  the 
grace  of  God,  through  Jesus  Christ,  have  been  permitted 

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to  serve  him  in  the  active  ministry  of  the  Gospel  for 
three  score  years ;  and  for  the  past  six  years  to  hold  the 
position  of  Pastor-emeritus  in  the  congregation  in  which 
I  was  born,  and  to  which,  by  its  call,  I  gave  the  last  forty 
years  of  my  active  ministry. 

Now,  on  the  verge  of  the  ninetieth  year  of  my  life,  the 
infirmity  of  old  age  denies  me  the  pleasure  of  being  pres- 
ent at  Princeton's  celebration  in  May.  But  as  long  as 
life  and  memory  last,  my  heart  and  soul  shall  rise  in 
praise  and  gratitude  to  God  for  the  founding  of  Prince- 
ton Theological  Seminary,  and,  for  me,  the  favor  of  sit- 
ting at  the  feet  of  such  men  as  Dr.  Archibald  Alexander, 
Dr.  Samuel  Miller,  Dr.  Charles  Hodge,  and  Dr.  Joseph 
Addison  Alexander. 

May  the  good  hand  of  God  always,  henceforth  as 
hitherto,  be  upon  thee,  'O  Princeton,  loved  of  God  and 
men'  ". 

The  other  exception  is  that  of  a  graduate  of  this  Semi- 
nary who  for  twenty-six  consecutive  years  has  been  serv- 
ing four  country  churches  in  Pennsylvania.  His  father 
preceded  him  in  a  pastorate  of  thirty  years  in  the  same 
field.  The  people  are  poor.  The  churches  are  small. 
The  community  is  primitive.  In  these  twenty-six  years 
he  has  gathered  three  hundred  souls,  mostly  on  confes- 
sion of  their  faith.  This  is  not  a  large  number,  to  be 
sure,  but  they  have  been  gathered  from  a  scant  popula- 
tion. In  these  years  these  churches  have  contributed  out 
of  their  small  resources  fifteen  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  sixty-two  dollars  for  their  congregational  expenses, 
less  than  six  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  year.  In  the 
same  time  they  have  contributed  eight  thousand  two  hun- 
dred and  twenty-six  dollars  through  the  Boards  of  the 
Church,  of  which  sum  forty-three  per  cent,  has  gone  to 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

the  cause  of  foreign  missions.  But  out  of  that  man's 
ministry  the  Church  received  another  contribution.  One 
son  from  that  charge  is  a  missionary  in  the  home  field, 
and  one  son  and  two  daughters  are  in  the  foreign  field, 
and  two  daughters  are  now  in  preparation  for  the  for- 
eign field.  Strong  elders  also,  serving  in  prominent 
churches  and  doing  active  work,  were  trained  under  this 
man's  ministry.  Neither  earthly  honors  nor  pecuniary 
rewards  have  come  to  this  pastor.  He  is  a  representa- 
tive of  a  great  number  of  faithful  men  who  do  their  work 
as  unto  the  Lord. 

In  all  these  hundred  years  Princeton  Seminary  has 
been  true  to  the  ideals  and  standards  of  its  first  great 
organizers,  and  it  has  been  loyal  to  the  Word  of  God. 
No  student  has,  by  reason  of  any  teaching  from  any  pro- 
fessor, had  his  reverence  for  or  belief  in  the  Word  of 
God,  as  the  only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and  practice, 
weakened  or  destroyed.  No  student  has  here  learned  to 
question  the  essential  deity  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  or 
has  lost  any  of  the  passionate  loyalty  of  his  heart  for 
Him  as  Saviour  and  Lord.  No  student  passes  through 
these  halls  without  having  it  impressed  upon  his  heart 
and  mind  and  conscience  that  the  only  salvation  for  a 
lost  world  of  sinful  men  is  that  gospel  which  is  the  power 
of  God  unto  salvation  to  all  them  that  believe.  Men  who 
have  the  spirit  of  this  Seminary  go  forth  to  their  solemn 
calling  as  preachers  of  the  gospel,  caring  for  the  vital 
and  essential  truths  of  revelation,  and  putting  these 
things  above  the  temporal  and  the  accidental. 

From  this  Seminary  have  been  graduated  about  six 
thousand  men,  the  greater  part  of  whom  (a  little  over 
half)  remain  until  this  present  day.  From  more  than 
two  thousand  pulpits  every  Sabbath  day  they  preach  the 

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Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  to  multitudes  of  men  and  women. 
Year  after  year  they  stand  in  their  places,  the  broken 
ranks  being  re-filled,  proclaiming  the  everlasting  right- 
eousness and  the  infinite  love  of  God.    Who  can  estimate 
their  influence  upon  the  thought  and  life  of  this  nation? 
Standing  this  day  between  the  living  and  the  dead, 
representing  the  army  of  the  sons  of  Princeton,  we  know 
that  the  thoughts  and  prayers  and  sympathy  of  men 
from  the  East  and  the  West  and  the  North  and  the  South 
are  turned  toward  this  place  and  these  services.    Yea, 
may  we  not  also  believe  that  we  are  surrounded  by  a 
great  cloud  of  witnesses  who  have  finished  their  labors 
on  earth,  and  that  they  feel  there  what  we  say  here,  "I 
thank  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord,  who  hath  enabled  me,  for 
that  he  counted  me  faithful,  putting  me  into  the  min- 
istry '"?    And  we  who  are  here  may  humbly,  reverently 
and  sincerely  add,  "and  I  thank  Him  that  in  His 
good  Providence  it  was  given  to  me  to  study  the  mys- 
teries of  His  grace  and  the  deep  things  of  His  Holy 
Word  in  this  School  of  His  Prophets  at  Princeton". 


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PBINCETON  ON  THE  MISSION  FIELD 

ADDRESS 

BY  EOBEET  ELLIOTT  SPEEE,  D.D. 

A  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the 

Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America 

THE  first  name  in  the  biographical  catalogue  of 
Princeton  Seminary  is  just  what  it  ought  to  be,  the 
name  of  a  home  missionary,  John  Covert,  who  entered 
the  institution  at  its  beginning,  pursued  the  full  course, 
was  graduated  with  the  first  class,  of  1815,  and  then 
spent  the  three  years  of  his  brief  life  in  the  ministry  as 
a  home  missionary  in  South  Carolina  and  Georgia.  In 
that  first  class  of  sixteen  students,  six  names  are  entered 
as  names  of  home  missionaries.  One  of  these  men,  in 
love  for  the  unfortunate,  gave  the  last  years  of  his  life  as 
chaplain  in  our  most  famous  prison.  A  second,  as  city 
missionary,  worked  on  our  most  famous  city  thorough- 
fare of  human  need.  The  four  others  were  flung  in  a 
long  line  from  Georgia  to  Wisconsin.  And  that  same 
class,  as  we  have  already  been  reminded,  gave  Dr.  Wil- 
liam A.  McDowell  for  seventeen  years'  service  as  secre- 
tary to  the  Assembly's  Board  of  Home  Missions. 

There  were  sixteen  men  in  the  second  class  as  well, 
and  of  these  sixteen,  six  also  entered  home  missionary 
service,  and  one  out  of  this  class  had  laid  upon  him  the 
work  of  foreign  missions,  was  ordained  in  the  old  Park 
Street  Church  in  Boston  for  that  service  under  the 
American  Board,  but  was  turned  aside  from  this  purpose, 
for  work  first  as  an  agent  of  the  American  Board  in  the 
Middle  States  and  then  as  pastor  in  Delaware  and  Penn- 

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sylvania.  He  was  the  man  of  faith  and  of  will,  as  we 
shall  see,  who  laid  the  foundations  of  the  foreign  mis- 
sionary organization  of  our  Church. 

In  the  first  five  classes  that  went  out  from  the  Semi- 
nary, the  first  name  found  on  the  roll  in  the  biographical 
catalogue  in  each  case  is  the  name  of  a  home  missionary. 
The  first  foreign  missionary  who  went  out  from  the 
Seminary  went  from  the  class  of  1818,  Henry  Wood- 
ward, to  work  for  fourteen  years  under  the  American 
Board  as  a  missionary  in  Ceylon,  and  from  that  year, 
down  to  the  present,  there  have  been  only  three  classes 
in  all  the  long  history  of  the  Seminary  which  have  not 
made  their  contributions  to  the  foreign  field.  And  those 
three  classes,  1820,  the  class  of  Bishop  Mcllvaine,  1823, 
the  class  of  Albert  Barnes,  and  1842,  gave  one-third  of 
their  entire  membership  to  the  varied  forms  of  home 
missionary  activity. 

We  look  back  today  reverently  over  the  long  record  of 
the  years.  Through  these  sacred  walls  there  have  passed 
between  five  and  six  thousand  men,  one-half  again  as 
many  as  have  gone  out  from  any  other  theological  semi- 
nary in  the  land ;  and  one  out  of  every  thirteen  of  these 
men  has  gone  into  the  foreign  field.  We  may  not 
say  how  many  have  gone  into  the  home  mission  field,  for 
not  one  of  all  the  long  list  who  have  wrought  here  in 
America  but  has  woven  his  life  into  the  character  and 
destiny,  into  the  very  making  of  our  nation.  But  more 
than  four  hundred  and  ten  men,  not  counting  foreign 
students  or  those  who  have  spent  their  lives  among  the 
American  Indian  tribes,  have  gone  to  the  distinctively 
foreign  fields  of  the  Church;  more  than  half  again  as 
many  as  have  gone  from  any  other  institution  in  the 
land.    Oberlin,  I  believe,  leads  our  theological  seminaries 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

in  the  percentage  of  foreign  missionaries,  one  hundred 
and  forty-nine  out  of  seven  hundred  and  seventy-three, 
or  one  out  of  every  five  and  a  half  of  its  students,  have 
gone  to  the  foreign  field.  As  far  as  I  have  gathered 
information,  Princeton  Seminary  comes  next,  with 
Newton,  one  out  of  every  thirteen  of  the  students  of  these 
two  institutions  having  gone  abroad.  In  the  first  quar- 
ter of  the  century  of  its  history  Princeton  sent  forth 
fifty  men;  in  the  second  quarter  of  the  century  it  sent 
seventy-five ;  in  the  third  quarter  of  the  century  it  sent 
one  hundred;  and  in  the  last  quarter  of  the  century  it 
sent  two  hundred.  Up  to  1875  it  sent  one  out  of  every 
eighteen  of  its  students  abroad ;  since  1875  it  has  sent  one 
out  of  nine.  Those  who  talk  of  Christianity  as  a  spent 
force,  of  the  decline  of  the  missionary  conviction,  are 
men  who  speak  in  ignorance  of  the  simple  facts  of  this 
institution's  life. 

It  is  impossible  here  to  do  much  in  the  way  of  singling 
out  the  great  missionary  classes  in  the  Seminary's  his- 
tory. The  class  of  1902  heads  the  list  with  the  largest 
percentage  of  its  matriculated  students  going  out  to  the 
foreign  field,  thirteen  out  of  fifty-nine,— one  out  of  four 
and  a  half.  The  two  classes  that  come  next,  having 
sent  one  out  of  every  five,  were  the  class  of  1870  and 
the  class  of  1906.  The  two  classes  that  come  next,  hav- 
ing sent  one  out  of  every  six,  were  the  classes  of  1869 
and  1907. 

To  man  after  man  here  today  his  own  class  will  come 
back.  The  memory  of  faces  "  loved  long  since  and  lost 
awhile"  mingles  with  the  recollection  of  great  lives  that 
are  still  being  lived.  I  can  only  suggest  three  or  four  of 
these  great  classes  which  stand  out  in  the  list  of  the 
Seminary's  achieving  men.    There  was  the  class  of  1853, 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

with  Frank  F.  Ellinwood,  pioneer  in  the  field  of  com- 
parative religion,  a  scholar  who  was  also  a  statesman, 
a  leader  and  a  little  child,  and  John  Livingston  Nevius, 
founder  of  churches,  trainer  of  native  leaders,  the  con- 
structive critic  of  mission  policy  and  beloved  philan- 
thropist, and  Charles  F.  Preston,  the  man  of  the  magic 
tongue  in  Southern  China,  and  here  at  home  to  ensure 
for  us  a  missionary  construction  of  Christianity,  Caspar 
Wistar  Hodge. 

There  was  the  class  of  1856,  which  sent  out  Henry 
Martyn  Baird  for  eleven  years  of  useful  service  as  Sec- 
retary of  the  American  and  Foreign  Christian  Union; 
Samuel  R.  Gayley  to  lead  a  brief  and  notable  life  in 
northern  China ;  Charles  R.  Mills,  to  lead  a  life  notable 
and  long,  thirty-eight  years,  in  the  Province  of  Shan- 
tung, and  two  saints  of  God,  if  any  such  ever  breathed, 
Daniel  McGilvary  and  Jonathan  Wilson,  who  lived  for 
fifty-three  years  in  Siam  and  among  the  Lao  people.  In 
the  city  of  Bangkok  there  came  recently  to  the  German 
Club  a  German  naturalist  who  had  been  studying  trees. 
" Gentlemen",  said  he,  "you  think  me  to  be  a  skeptic,  a 
rationalist,  but  I  have  read  the  Bible  enough  to  know 
about  the  person  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  I  want  to  tell 
you  that  the  good  old  missionary  with  whom  I  lodged  in 
Chieng  Mai  is  more  like  Jesus  Christ  than  any  other 
man  that  I  have  seen  on  earth."  He  was  speaking  of 
Jonathan  Wilson,  who  with  his  classmate  and  beloved 
brother,  Daniel  McGilvary,  had  founded  a  mission,  cre- 
ated a  literature  and  made  a  people.  Sweet  and  pleasant 
were  they  in  their  lives  and  in  their  death  they  were  not 
divided. 

The  class  of  1867  rises  before  our  minds.  Out  of  its 
seventy  matriculates  it  gave  Baldwin  to  Turkey,  But- 

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ler  to  China,  Dennis  to  Syria,  Douglas  (afterwards 
Member  of  Parliament  and  Senator  in  Canada)  and 
Heyl  and  Wherry  to  India,  Thomson  to  Mexico  and 
Chamberlain  to  Brazil.  It  gave  Richard  C.  Morse  also 
to  be  the  leader  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tions of  North  America,  Dean  Griffin  to  Johns  Hopkins 
University,  Bloomburgh  to  Lafayette  College,  Sparhawk 
Jones  and  Henry  Stebbins  to  the  home  ministry  and  not 
less  than  eight  men  to  home  missionary  service. 

I  think  also  of  the  class  of  1870,  which  sent  three-fifths 
of  its  membership  into  the  home  and  foreign  field,  two- 
fifths  to  be  home  missionaries  and  one-fifth  foreign. 
Nine  of  its  men  were  scattered  over  Asia  and  South 
America,  five  of  whom  are  now  on  the  fields  to  which 
in  the  first  place  they  went  out ;  nine  men  who  have  spent 
over  two  and  one-half  centuries  in  foreign  mission 
work,  with  an  average  of  nearly  thirty  years.  Let  me 
repeat  the  honorable  roll,— MacKay  of  Formosa,  Cham- 
bers and  Hubbard  of  Turkey,  Howell  of  Brazil,  Imbrie, 
Miller  and  Green  of  Japan,  and  Lucas  and  Seeley  of 
India.  And  this  class  gave  us  also  the  present  President 
of  our  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  George  Alexander, 
whose  reserve  prevents  our  expressing  to  his  face  our 
personal  affection  and  for  whom  accordingly  here  today 
to  the  Seminary's  praise  we  dare  to  speak  of  the  Church's 
gratitude  and  regard. 

And  it  is  not  only  the  classes  that  have  sent  out  these 
great  groups  of  strong  and  influential  men  to  mould  the 
nations  at  home  and  abroad  of  which  I  would  speak.  I 
recall  also  the  classes  which  are  signalized  by  the  gift  of 
only  some  one  or  two  men,— 1863,  with  Hunter  Corbett, 
patriarch  and  apostle,  as  its  only  and  sufficient  foreign 
missionary  contribution ;  the  class  of  1860,  with  Charles 

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M.  Hyde,  a  foundation  layer  in  the  Sandwich  Islands; 
the  class  of  1845,  with  its  contribution  of  John  B.  French 
to  China  and  David  Trumbull  to  Chile,  who  buried  their 
lives  at  the  foundation  of  new  nations. 

I  stood  a  few  years  ago  with  bared  head  before  the 
monument  in  the  English  cemetery  in  the  city  of  Val- 
paraiso, and  read  upon  it  the  inscription  to  David  Trum- 
bull's memory  and  career.  It  was  a  tribute  to  the  man 
who  stamped  for  generations  with  his  high  character  the 
mercantile  community  of  a  great  city;  who  gave  his  life 
with  great  affection  to  the  service  of  an  alien  people; 
who  brought  them  the  great  truths  of  the  gospel  and 
two  institutes  of  human  liberty,  and  who,  making  the 
greatest  of  all  political  sacrifices  for  his  adopted  coun- 
try, transferred  to  it  his  citizenship,  and  passed  away  m 
its  grateful  confidence  and  love. 

And  what  David  Trumbull  and  John  B.  French  did 
is  only  typical.  Of  the  twenty-four  foreign  missions  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  nearly  two-thirds  had  their 
foundations  laid  by  men  who  went  out  from  this  Semi- 
nary. In  Africa  the  founders  were  John  B.  Pmney,  of 
the  class  of  1832,  who  began  the  work  in  Liberia,  and 
Mackey,  of  the  class  of  1849,  and  our  honored  friend, 
Dr.  Nassau,  whose  presence  we  recognize  here  today,  of 
the  class  of  1859,  who  were  the  pioneer  builders  of  the 
mission  work  further  south  in  what  is  now  the  German 

Kamerun. 

In  India,  John  C.  Lowrie,  of  the  class  of  1833;  Mor- 
rison, of  the  class  of  1837,  "the  Lion  of  the  Punjab"; 
Charles  W.  Forman,  of  the  class  of  1847,  and  Owen  and 
Wilson  and  Janvier  and  Orbison  and  Loewenthal,  the 
linguistic  genius,  were  the  founders.  Truer  men  than 
these  never  were  in  these  halls,  nor  wrought  for  God 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

anywhere  in  the  world.  Far  above  the  names  of  states- 
men, the  names  of  these  men  are  written.  Many  of 
them  will  be  remembered  forever  in  the  annals  of  the 
land  that  they  served.  And  this  is  no  partial  judgment 
uttered  in  the  warmth  of  this  anniversary ;  it  is  the  judg- 
ment of  a  great  Indian  Governor,  W.  Mackworth  Young, 
uttered  when  he  came  home  from  his  service  as  Lieuten- 
ant Governor  of  the  Punjab.  He  called  attention  to  the 
great  names  which  the  Punjab  bore  on  its  roll  of  honor, 
such  statesmen  as  John  and  Henry  Lawrence,  Herbert 
Edwardes,  Donald  McLeod,  who  "honored  God  by  their 
lives  and  endeared  themselves  to  the  people  by  their 
faithful  work,"  but  he  added,  "I  venture  to  say  that  if 
they  could  speak  to  us  from  the  great  unseen  there  is 
not  one  of  them  who  would  not  proclaim  that  the  work 
done  by  men  like  Clark  and  French,  Newton  and  For- 
man,  who  went  in  and  out  among  the  people  for  a  whole 
generation  and  who  preached  by  their  lives  the  nobility 
of  self-sacrifice  and  the  lesson  of  love  to  God  and  man  is 
a  higher  and  nobler  work  and  more  far  reaching  in  its 
consequences". 

I  think  of  the  long  list  of  men  who  went  out  from 
Princeton  to  China  from  the  very  beginning,  Mitchell, 
'30,  Orr,  '36,  Lowrie,  '41,  French,  '45,  and  Loomis  and 
i^M.  S.  Culbertson,  of  the  class  of  1844.  The  latter  laid 
down  his  commission  in  the  United  States  Army,  and  his 
professorship  in  West  Point  Academy,  that  in  answer  to 
his  mother's  prayer  and  the  call  of  God,  he  might  come 
here  to  fit  himself  for  missionary  service.  He  was  one 
of  the  great  foundation  layers  in  the  port  cities  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Yangtse  and  it  was  he  who  did  much  to 
protect  Shanghai  in  the  face  of  the  Taiping  Rebels. 
When  the  American  minister  said  to  him,  during  the 

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Civil  War,  "Culbertson,  you  might  be  a  Major-General 
if  you  were  at  home  now,"  Culbertson  replied,  "Doubt- 
less I  might;  men  whom  I  taught  are  in  that  position,' ' 
and  he  named  Newton,  Rosecrans,  Thomas  and  Sherman, 
and  Tower  and  Van  Vliet,  and  he  might  have  added 
Lyon  and  Reynolds  and  Grant.  "But,"  he  added,  "I 
would  not  change  places  with  one  of  them;  I  consider 
that  there  is  no  post  of  influence  on  earth  equal  to  that 
of  a  man  who  is  permitted  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  four 
hundred  millions  of  his  fellow-men". 

We  recall  Stephen  Mattoon,  of  the  class  of  1846,  and 
Stephen  Bush,  of  the  class  of  1848,  who  laid  the  founda- 
tions of  missionary  work  in  Siam,  and  who  began  the 
political  relations  of  Siam  with  the  western  nations. 
The  United  States  Government's  treaty  with  Siam  was 
negotiated  in  1856,  and  Dr.  Wood  of  the  embassy  wrote 
that  "the  unselfish  kindness  of  the  American  mission- 
aries, their  patience,  sincerity  and  faithfulness,  have  won 
the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  natives  and,  in  some 
degree,  transferred  those  sentiments  to  the  nation  repre- 
sented by  the  missionary  and  prepared  the  way  for  the 
free  and  national  intercourse  now  commencing.  It  was 
very  evident  that  much  of  the  apprehension  they  felt  in 
taking  upon  themselves  the  responsibilities  of  a  treaty 
with  us  would  be  diminished  if  they  could  have  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Mattoon  as  the  first  United  States  Consul  to  set  the 
treaty  in  motion. "  In  1871,  the  Regent  of  Siam  frankly 
told  Mr.  Seward,  the  United  States  Consul-General  at 
Shanghai,  "Siam  has  not  been  disciplined  by  English 
and  French  guns,  as  China  has,  but  the  country  has  been 
opened  by  missionaries." 

The  motion  to  open  our  Church 's  mission  in  Japan  was 
made  by  James  W.  Alexander,  in  the  Board  Meeting  on 

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January  8th,  1859,  and  not  less  than  ten  graduates  of 
the  Seminary  have  labored  in  this  mission. 

We  think  of  the  seven  men,  who,  in  Mexico  and  Colom- 
bia and  Chile,  and  the  Argentine  and  Brazil,  laid  the 
foundations  of  our  modern  missionary  activities,  Parvin, 
'21,  in  Buenos  Ayres ;  Trumbull,  '45,  in  Chile ;  Fletcher, 
'50,  and  Simonton,  '58,  in  Brazil;  Pratt,  '55,  in  Colom- 
bia ;  and  Pitkin,  '66,  and  Thomson,  '67,  in  Mexico.  And 
I  might  go  on  and  on,  but  the  roll  is  too  long  in  glory 
and  honor  for  us  to  do  more  than  simply  glance  at  its 
lustre  today. 

And  it  is  not  only  on  fields  far  away  that  the  great 
creative  work  has  been  done.  We  have  been  already 
reminded  of  the  men,  who,  at  home,  in  the  pastorate  and 
home  mission  service,  stirred  the  great  moral  forces 
which  have  dominated  the  life  of  the  nation,  and  have 
lifted  up  and  taken  down  again  from  their  pinnacles  the 
little  statesmen  of  a  day.  But  we  must  think  also  of  the 
great  mass  of  men,  back  of  these,  whose  names  are  not 
written  visibly  on  the  roll,  who  in  quietness  and  obscur- 
ity, did  the  great  work  of  God  in  the  dark,  and  laid  the 
foundations  for  the  walls  of  the  nation's  temple.  But 
here  and  there  stands  out  the  name  of  some  unique  char- 
acter among  them ;  Sheldon  Jackson,  for  example,  of  the 
class  of  1858,  who,  two  generations  ago,  was  agent  of  the 
American  Systematic  Beneficence  Committee,  and  in 
three  months  canvassed  the  land  from  New  York  to 
Leavenworth.  On  one  Saturday,  he  visited  ten  pastors, 
and  the  next  day  preached  to  four  denominations.  We 
think  systematic  beneficence  a  discovery  of  our  own  time, 
but  there  are  few  ideas  stirring  the  church  in  its  organ- 
ized life  today  which  the  fathers  did  not  know  two  or 
three  generations  since.    Jackson  came  to  the  Seminary 

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when  there  was  whispering  through  all  these  halls  the 
summons  of  our  martyred  dead  in  the  Indian  mutiny. 
His  large  heart  heard  the  whispering  voice  and  obeyed. 
There  was  a  real  student  volunteer  band  here  then, 
which  Jackson  at  once  joined.  He  offered  himself  to  the 
Foreign  Board  for  Syria,  Siam  or  Bogota,  but  was  sent 
to  the  Choctaws,  to  pass  on  from  them  to  the  Christian 
Commission  in  the  Civil  War,  then  to  work  in  the  western 
states,  then  to  the  great  northwest,  then  to  Alaska.  On 
the  frontiers  of  the  nation's  life,  he  wrought  his  creative 
and  enduring  work,  far  away,  as  Frances  Willard  wrote 
to  him,  "on  the  distant  edge  of  things,  where  God's  most 
friendless  children  turn  towards  you  their  eyes  of  pathos 
and  of  hope". 

One  after  another,  we  remember  men  like  him  today, 
who,  taught  by  their  old  Mother  here  that  duty  is  a  long 
loyalty,  and  that  there  are  no  short  terms  in  the  service 
of  the  Kingdom  of  God,  have  laid  out  ample  lives  in  the 
age-long  work  of  building  the  church  on  earth.  I  think 
of  fourteen  men  who  went  out  to  the  mission  field,  whose 
terms  of  missionary  service  aggregate  seven  hundred 
years.  Some  of  these  are  living  now :  J.  M.  W.  Farnham, 
of  the  class  of  1859,  the  oldest  foreign  missionary  gradu- 
ate of  the  Seminary,  still  working  after  53  years,  in 
Shanghai;  John  Wherry,  of  the  class  of  1861,  a  pioneer 
of  the  North  China  Mission;  Andrew  Watson,  of  the 
same  class,  a  father  and  guide  of  the  remarkable  mission 
of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  in  Egypt.  The  list 
would  include  P.  J.  Gulick,  of  1828,  for  52  years  a  mis- 
sionary in  Hawaii  and  Japan,  G.  W.  Wood,  of  1837,  for 
48  years  a  missionary  in  Turkey,  W.  W.  Scudder,  of 
1846,  for  48  years  a  missionary  in  India,  and  C.  C.  Bald- 
win, of  1847,"  for  47  years  a  missionary  in  China.    I  have 

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not  been  curious  to  make  the  calculation,  but  I  suppose 
we  should  find  it  to  be  literally  true  that  the  years  of 
foreign  missionary  life  given  by  the  sons  of  this  institu- 
tion would  be  equivalent  to  the  time  of  two  men  preach- 
ing the  gospel  from  the  hour  of  our  Lord's  birth  down 
to  this  present  day. 

And  I  can  count  six  home  missionary  men  whose  terms 
of  service  aggregate  over  three  hundred  years ;  Porter, 
'31,  founder  of  the  church  at  Fort  Dearborn,  now  the 
First  Church  of  Chicago,  for  50  years  a  home  missionary 
worker;  Lewis  Thompson,  '40,  of  Oregon  and  Califor- 
nia, who  gave  57  years  of  service ;  Allen  H.  Brown,  '43, 
of  New  Jersey,  with  67  years ;  Thomas  Fraser,  '45,  of  the 
Synod  of  Pacific,  with  48  years;  David  C.  Lyon,  '45, 
Synodical  Missionary  in  Wisconsin,  Minnesota  and  Da- 
kota, with  48  years ;  and  H.  M.  Robertson,  '48,  of  Wis- 
consin, with  41  years.  The  Seminary  has  been  wont  to 
send  out  from  these  walls  men  who  believed  that  the 
work  into  which  they  went  was  not  work  that  called  for 
part  of  life  for  a  little  time,  but  who  knew  that  God  asked 
for  all  that  He  had  given  or  might  give. 

And  beyond  these  men  are  the  many  who  have  had  no 
joy  of  half -century  service!  How  many  of  them  will 
come  back  to  our  memories  here  today!  I  can  think, 
looking  down  on  your  faces,  of  name  after  name,  of  year 
after  year,  coming  back  to  you  now.  How  the  dear  mem- 
ories glow,  of  the  younger  men  to  whom  came  no  such 
privilege  as  the  joy  of  the  long,  long  work  of  which  we 
have  been  thinking;  Gerald  Dale  of  Syria,  who  burned 
his  short  life  out  in  fourteen  years,  "the  model  scholar, 
the  model  Christian,  the  model  gentleman  of  Princeton 
Seminary",  as  Dr.  Charles  Hodge  described  him;  Albert 
Whiting  who  laid  down  his  life  in  China  and  at  whose 

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grave  the  Chinese  knelt  down  to  worship;  and  Edson 
Lowe,  of  the  class  of  '85,  whose  memory  is  cherished  wor- 
shipfully  still  in  the  capital  of  Chile,  and  one  I  will  dare 
to  mention,  just  one,  who  is  living  still,  quietly,  simply, 
doing  his  work  far  off  in  a  distant  field,  John  N.  Forman 
of  India,  but  for  whom  some  of  us  would  not  be  here  to- 
day but  would  be  doing  our  work  in  other  places,  and 
fulfilling  our  duty  in  other  callings.  It  is  worth  while 
remembering  what  one  life  or  two  can  do,  when  we  note 
in  the  history  of  this  Seminary  that  prior  to  the  work 
which  that  little  company  of  men  in  the  modern  student 
missionary  crusade  accomplished,  only  one  out  of  eigh- 
teen of  our  students  went  to  the  foreign  field,  while  since 
the  year  1886,  one  out  of  every  nine  has  gone. 

There  are  more  sacred  memories  even  than  these  that 
throng  upon  us.  I  stopped  in  on  my  way  here  to  stand 
again  before  the  tablet  in  Stuart  Hall  that  commemo- 
rates the  half  dozen  sons  of  this  Seminary  who  met  with 
tragic  death :  Freeman,  '38,  and  McMullin,  '54,  who  laid 
down  their  lives  on  the  parade  grounds  at  Cawnpore; 
Walter  Lowrie,  '41,  and  John  Rogers  Peale,  '05,  the  first 
and  the  last,  in  China;  Janvier,  '40, andLoewenthal,  '54, 
who  died  in  northwestern  India ;  McChesney,  '69,  whose 
name  is  not  on  the  tablet,  who  died  for  Christ  on  the 
waters  of  southern  China.  After  this,  you  remember, 
the  tablet  says,  "Of  these  the  world  was  not  worthy." 
And  as  I  stood  reading  the  names  once  more  with  the 
brief  and  simple  record,  there  came  flashing  through  my 
mind  what  Dr.  Mackay  will  remember,  the  monument 
that  stands  in  front  of  the  Parliament  Buildings  in  the 
city  of  Ottawa,  the  great  brown  granite  boulder,  and  the 
exquisite  figure  of  Sir  Galahad  standing  upon  it,  and 
underneath,  the  bronze  tablet  that  describes  the  heroic 

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death  of  Henry  Harper,  as  lie  tried  to  save  another's  life 
in  the  waters  of  the  Ottawa  in  the  winter  time.  Galahad 
is  standing  with  his  head  thrown  back,  as  though  he 
looked  far  beyond  the  black  swirling  waters  of  the  Ot- 
tawa, to  the  fair  hills  of  Paradise,  and  the  life  laid  up 
there  for  those  who  here  their  lives  laid  down  for  men. 
And  below  the  lovely  figure  and  the  lovely  face  is  the 
simple  inscription,  "And  Galahad  said,  'If  I  lose  my  life, 
I  save  my  life. '  ' '  The  old  Mother  taught  many  of  her 
sons  that  great  fidelity. 

And  we  turn  from  the  service  that  the  Seminary  has 
given  in  the  missionary  activities  of  our  own  Church  for 
just  a  moment  to  mark  what  she  has  done  for  other 
Christian  bodies.  I  suppose  not  less  than  one  quarter 
of  the  students  of  the  Seminary  who  have  gone  out  to 
the  foreign  field,  have  gone  in  connection  with  other 
Christian  organizations.  Prior  to  the  year  1837,  Prince- 
ton gave  thirty-nine  men  to  the  American  Board ;  twelve 
of  them  to  the  Sandwich  Islands  alone,  among  them 
Richard  Armstrong,  the  father  of  Samuel  Chapman 
Armstrong,  surely  one  of  the  most  notable  characters  of 
the  last  generation  in  our  land ;  not  less  than  twenty  or 
thirty  to  our  sister  Church  of  the  South;  MacKay  of 
Formosa  to  the  Church  of  Canada ;  Wood  to  the  Dutch 
Reformed  Church  of  South  Africa;  Watson  and  Mc- 
Clenahan  to  the  United  Presbyterian  Church ;  Scudder 
and  Miller  and  Van  Ess  and  others  to  the  Dutch  Re- 
formed Church  of  the  United  States ;  Stevenson  to  the 
Irish  Presbyterian  Church,  and  other  men  to  the  New 
Hebrides  and  Manchuria.  The  Seminary  has  not  been 
narrow-minded  in  her  ministry  to  the  Church  of  God 
throughout  all  the  world. 

There  is  time  only  to  allude  to  those  general  gifts  which 

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the  Seminary  has  made  through  her  sons  to  the  litera- 
ture of  missions.  It  would  not  be  easy  to  repeat  the  long 
list  of  men  who  have  made  these  contributions  and  the 
great  books  which  they  have  given  to  the  Church.  I  must 
be  content  with  singling  out  only  five.  William  M. 
Thompson,  '32,  author  of  "The  Land  and  the  Book", 
still  perhaps  the  most  charming  and  authoritative  book 
on  the  Holy  Land;  R.  H.  Nassau,  '59,  author  of  the 
unique  and  authoritative  book  on  "Fetichism  in  West 
Africa";  James  S.  Dennis,  '67,  who  wrote  a  standard 
apologetic  treatise,  showing  what  Christianity  is  and 
alone  can  do,  demonstrating  its  divine  origin  by  its  actual 
social  effects  throughout  the  world ;  Samuel  H.  Kellogg, 
'64,  as  bright  a  genius  as  ever  went  out  from  these  walls, 
a  student  of  comparative  religion  and  author  of  what  is 
to  this  day  the  best  statement  of  our  Christian  faith  as 
contrasted  with  Buddhism  in  "The  Light  of  Asia  and  the 
Light  of  the  World ; ' '  and  John  Livingston  Nevius,  '53, 
whose  book  on  "China  and  the  Chinese"  was  the  best 
book  of  the  time  on  China,  and  who  wrote  a  little  book  on 
missionary  methods  which  has  made  a  deeper  impression 
than  any  other  book  on  missionary  policy  and  principle 
throughout  the  mission  field.  And  if  one  were  to  turn 
from  all  this  to  the  educational  foundations  laid  for  the 
good  of  the  whole  Christian  Church  by  the  men  who  have 
gone  out  from  this  Seminary,  he  would  only  pile  up  the 
debt  which  the  Church  of  Christ  in  all  the  world  owes  to 
those  who  have  taught  in  these  walls. 

I  must  speak  before  closing  of  what  the  Seminary  has 
given  to  the  work  of  missionary  administration.  Seven 
secretaries  for  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  have  gone 
out  from  this  institution.  With  two  brief  intervals,  T 
believe  that  for  eighty  years  the  administration  of  our 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

home  missionary  work  has  been  in  the  hands  of  gradu- 
ates of  this  institution.  And  the  Congregational  Church 
has  drawn  two  of  its  home  missionary  administrators 
from  our  Alumni  roll,  and  the  Baptist  Publication  So- 
ciety one,  while  many  agents  have  been  provided  for 
other  missionary  activities  at  home.  If  we  turn  to  our 
own  Foreign  Missionary  Board,  every  President  and 
Chairman  of  our  Executive  Committee  from  the  founda- 
tion down  to  this  day,  has  been  either  a  graduate  or  a 
director  or  a  teacher  in  this  institution ;  Samuel  Miller 
was  the  first  President  of  the  Board,  and  William  Phil- 
lips the  first  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee  and 
these  have  been  followed  by  James  Lenox,  William 
Adams,  William  M.  Paxton,  John  D.  Wells  and  George 
Alexander.  Of  the  ten  secretaries  of  our  Board  of  For- 
eign Missions,  five  have  been  students  of  this  institution, 
and  two  of  the  other  five  sent  their  sons  here.  There  has 
never  been  a  day  since  our  foreign  missionary  work 
began  when  a  son  of  this  institution  has  not  been  carry- 
ing responsibilities  for  our  missionary  policies.  And 
what  the  Seminary  has  done  for  us  in  these  regards,  she 
has  done  also  for  other  Churches  as  well.  She  has  given 
two  foreign  mission  secretaries  to  the  American  Board 
and  five  to  the  American  and  Foreign  Christian  Union, 
one  to  the  Irish  Presbyterian  Church,  one  to  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church,  one  to  the  Southern  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  twenty-three  assistant  secretaries  and 
agents.  And  last  of  all,  the  Seminary  gave  from  its 
second  class  that  one  life  to  which  Dr.  McEwan  re- 
ferred at  the  beginning,  one  of  the  best  gifts  God  ever 
made  to  our  Church,  the  life  of  Elisha  P.  Swift.  Swift 
was  born  in  1792  in  Williamstown.  He  was  a  lad  of 
fifteen  at  the  time  of  the  " Haystack  Prayer-meeting". 

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He  came  here  to  Princeton,  and  took  his  theological 
course,  and  was  then  ordained  as  a  foreign  missionary 
by  the  American  Board,  but  was  turned  away  from  that 
ambition  to  serve  the  Board  as  an  agent  at  home,  and 
then  to  settle  first  in  the  church  in  Dover,  Delaware, 
where  Samuel  Miller  was  born,  and  later  in  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  city  of  Pittsburgh.  From 
that  pulpit,  he  blew  the  trumpet  that  rallied  around  him 
and  the  Synod  of  Pittsburgh  the  forces  which  were  to 
bring  into  being  the  organized  foreign  missionary  life 
of  our  Church. 

And  what  Swift  did  may  suggest  best  the  few  things 
I  have  to  say,  in  closing,  of  the  general  convictions,  the 
great  missionary  conceptions  for  which  the  Seminary 
has  stood.  From  the  beginning  she  adopted  and  made 
her  own  Elisha  Swift's  principle  that  the  missionary 
enterprise  was  not  an  optional  thing  to  be  carried  on  by 
volunteer  organizations  in  which  the  individual  Chris- 
tian man  had  his  choice  of  participating  or  not,  but  that 
the  missionary  enterprise  at  home  and  abroad  was  the 
Church's  first  and  organic  obligation.  We  have  a  state- 
ment of  Swift's  view  and  a  specimen  of  his  logic  in  a 
paper  of  his  in  which  he  pours  scorn  on  the  idea  that  the 
church  courts  are  for  routine  business  and  for  litigation, 
but  not  for  the  corporate  prosecution  of  the  Church's 
chief  business  which  is  missions.  "On  what  appoint- 
ment, ' '  says  the  writer, ' '  do  pastors  and  elders  sit  in  the 
house  of  God  and  hold  the  keys  of  the  Kingdom  of 
Heaven,  but  that  which  commissions  them  to  go  and  dis- 
ciple all  nations  P  If,  at  the  bar  of  such  courts,  by  the 
very  fact  of  their  lawful  existence,  the  perishing  heathen 
have  no  right  to  sue  out  the  payment  of  a  Kedeemer's 
mercy,  then  the  most  material  object  of  their  sitting  is 

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cancelled;  and  that  neglected,  starving  portion  of  man- 
kind, who  enter  with  a  specific  claim,  are  turned  out  to 
find  relief  by  an  appeal  to  the  sympathy  of  particular 
disciples.  Will  'the  Head  of  all  principality  and  power' 
stay  in  judicatories  where  the  laws  of  His  kingdom  are 
so  expounded?  Until  something  more  is  done  for  the 
conversion  of  the  nations,  what  article  on  the  docket  of 
business  can  be  relevant  at  any  meeting,  if  this  is  not? 
Shall  a  worthless,  unsound  delinquent  be  told  that,  ac- 
cording to  the  Word  of  God,  and  the  constitution  of  the 
Church,  he  has  a  right  to  come  and  consume  hours  of 
time  in  trifling  litigation ;  and  shall  a  world  of  benighted 
men,  who  have  received  as  yet  no  hearing,  and  no  mercy, 
and  no  information  that  Jesus  has  left  a  deposit  for  them 
also,  be  turned  over  to  the  slow  and  uncertain  compas- 
sion of  individuals  1" 

Dr.  Lowrie  has  told  us  that  Samuel  Miller  was  one  of 
the  first  to  make  a  contribution  for  the  new  Western 
Foreign  Missionary  Society,  which  embodied  Swift's 
principle.  And  beginning  with  the  year  1837,  the  whole 
stream  of  the  Seminary's  foreign  missionaries  was 
turned  toward  the  church  activity  of  our  own  body.  The 
theological  issue  between  the  Old  and  the  New  School 
entered  in,  I  know,  but  also  I  know  that  the  Seminary 
believed  in  Swift's  conception.  And  we  owe  to  these  men, 
and  most  of  all  to  Swift,  what  is  our  most  priceless  pos- 
session to-day,  the  recognition  of  the  missionary  obliga- 
tion as  the  inalienable  duty  of  the  entire  Church,  the  con- 
ception of  the  whole  Church  as  a  missionary  society,  of 
which  every  member  of  the  Church  is  a  member  by  virtue 
of  his  relationship  to  the  Church  herself. 

We  owe  to  these  men  and  to  the  old  institution  not  only 
this  clear  perception  of  the  church  theory  of  missions, 

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but  also  a  large  and  courageous  faith.  Younger  men  are 
wont  to  think  that  the  great  visions  are  theirs,  but  our 
fathers  were  young  men  in  their  day,  and  what  is  more, 
they  were  men  of  God  and  seers  in  the  Spirit,  and  they 
had  their  great  visions  too.  I  have  been  reading  in  the 
earliest  records  of  our  Board  (for  this  is  its  seventy-fifth 
anniversary)  the  purposes  cherished  in  the  establish- 
ment of  its  first  missions.  Swift  planned  for  stations 
across  Africa  when  the  interior  of  the  continent  was  un- 
known. The  missionaries  went  to  Calcutta  under  in- 
structions that  they  were  not  to  stay  there ;  they  were  to 
go  northwest  as  far  as  they  could  go.  It  was  hoped  that 
they  could  plant  their  stations  in  the  Vale  of  Kashmir, 
cross  the  roof  of  the  world  and  press  on  to  the  far  shores 
of  Lake  Baikal;  they  were  not  to  be  content  till  there 
should  be  opened  a  Christian  mission  station  where  none 
has  been  opened  to  this  day,  in  Kabul  of  Afghanistan. 
We  owe  it  to  the  fathers  who  went  before  us  to  stand 
afraid  before  no  opportunity  and  flinch  at  no  call. 

From  the  very  beginning,  they  taught  us  also  the  glory 
of  a  great  and  unswerving  fidelity.  For  twelve  years,  Ste- 
phen Mattoon  and  Stephen  Bush  labored  in  Siam,  before 
they  had  their  first  convert.  At  the  end  of  six  years,  the 
missionaries  numbered  sixteen  in  Ningpo,  and  they  had 
six  Chinese  converts.  The  men  who  have  gone  out  from 
these  halls  have  always  known  the  duty  of  staying  by 
duty  until  the  sun  went  down.  They  were  taught  that 
God  was  patient,  and  that  His  servants  need  not  be 
anxious  or  afraid. 

And  I  dare  even  to  say  also,  that  these  men  learned 
somewhere  (maybe  the  old  Mother  did  not  know  that  she 
was  giving  it  to  them,  but  in  the  pure  milk  of  the  gospel 
which  they  drew  from  her  breasts,  it  must  have  come  to 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

them)  that  what  we  hold  which  is  peculiar  is  less  impor- 
tant than  what  we  hold  in  common  with  all  Christian 
men.  From  the  beginning  the  sons  of  the  Seminary  have 
striven  faithfully  for  what  a  few  minutes  ago  we  were 
praying,— the  unity  of  Christ's  Church  on  earth.  Men 
were  taught  here  that  there  is  no  chasm  between  the  dif- 
ferent forms  of  missionary  service,  that  the  whole 
Church  must  some  day  and  everywhere  be  made  one 
mighty  army,  and  they  went  out  to  Mexico  and  Brazil,  to 
Japan  and  China  and  India,  cherishing  the  dream  from 
far  across  the  hills  of  the  day  that  is  waiting,  when  the 
desire  of  the  Saviour's  heart  shall  be  fulfilled,  when, 
united  to  Him,  the  sin  of  our  schisms  shall  be  over  and 
we  shall  all  be  gathered  together  in  one,  as  He  and  His 
Father  are  one. 

And  lastly,  the  Seminary  has  always  sought  to  breed 
in  her  sons  a  dauntless  and  unf  earing  supernaturalism. 
The  missionary  enterprise  is  too  vast  for  a  mere  human 
will  to  sustain.  Its  difficulties,  its  necessities,  its  prob- 
lems, its  ideals,  call  for  God.  Its  sufficiency  is  in  Him 
alone.  Here  men  learned  that  God  was  "in  the  begin- 
ning" and  that  God  stands  back  of  the  end.  With  God 
and  by  God  and  for  God  such  men  have  dared  all  things, 
and  have  not  fainted  or  grown  weary. 

With  all  this  in  our  past,  my  friends,  what  may  there 
not  be  in  our  future,  if  we,  to  whom  this  past  has  been 
given,  do  not  lie  down  to  sleep  upon  our  great  tradition, 
but  answering  its  summons  and  its  call,  rise  up  to  greet 
the  new  day  which  is  entreating  us,  in  the  spirit  in 
which  James  Alexander  and  Elisha  Swift  would  greet  it 
—this  new  day  with  its  unprecedented  world  situation 
which  confronts  us,  which  is  God's  gift  to  us,  and  not 
God's  gift  only,  but  God's  test  of  our  worthiness  to  be 
the  heirs  and  executors  of  such  a  past  % 

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PBINCETON  IN  THEOLOGICAL  EDUCATION 
AND  RELIGIOUS  THOUGHT 

ADDRESS 

BY  THE  EEVEEEND  WILLIAM  HALLOCK  JOHNSON,  Ph.D. 
Professor  of  Greek  and  New  Testament  Literature  and  Exegesis 
Lincoln  University,  Pennsylvania 

Mr.  President,  Fellow  Alumni,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

ONE  thought  is  in  every  mind  today,  one  sentiment  in 
every  heart,  one  word  upon  every  tongue :  Prince- 
ton the  mother  of  us  all ! 

The  history  of  Princeton  Seminary  for  the  past  one 
hundred  years  constitutes  an  important  chapter  in  the 
history  of  the  Christian  Church.  That  chapter,  if  fully 
written,  would  contain  many  sacred  passages  from  indi- 
vidual biographies.  It  would  tell  of  the  aspirations  and 
vows  of  Christian  parents  as  they  dedicated  a  beloved 
son  to  the  work  of  the  ministry ;  it  would  tell  of  the  devel- 
opment in  the  growing  boy  of  a  holy  purpose  to  serve 
God  in  the  gospel  of  His  Son ;  it  would  tell  of  the  deepen- 
ing of  thought  and  experience  and  the  strengthening  of 
purpose  and  conviction  in  the  three  years  of  the  Prince- 
tonian  Arabia ;  it  would  tell  of  the  fruitful  years  of  ser- 
vice and  sacrifice  for  church  and  country  in  the  pulpit  at 
home,  and  in  laying  the  foundations  of  Christian  civili- 
zation abroad,  in  that  work  of  spiritual  imperialism 
which  Mr.  Winston  Churchill  of  England  has  spoken  of 
as  the  glory  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  race,  and  which  is  the 
glory  of  any  race  or  any  institution  privileged  to  have  a 
large  share  in  it. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Our  hearts  have  been  stirred  as  we  have  listened  to  the 
eloquent  story  of  what  Princeton  men  have  accomplished 
in  the  home  pulpit  and  on  the  mission  field.  The  thought 
has  come  to  me,  how  abundantly  have  the  wisdom  of  the 
founders  of  this  Seminary,  the  devoted  labors  of  its 
Faculty  and  governing  boards,  and  the  generosity  of  its 
benevolent  friends  been  justified  by  the  result.  They 
builded  better  than  they  knew.  Where,  from  a  business 
standpoint,  could  one  find  a  better  investment  of  money  % 
Where,  for  every  dollar  invested,  has  there  been  a  richer 
return  in  lasting  and  far-reaching  influence  for  good  ? 

The  theme  assigned  to  me  this  afternoon  will,  I  fear, 
seem  rather  scholastic  after  addresses  which  have  car- 
ried us  up  upon  the  heights ;  but  I  beg  you  to  remember, 
when  thinking  of  the  achievements  of  Princeton  Alumni, 
the  good  Presbyterian  doctrine,  "What  have  I  that  I 
have  not  received?"  The  fond  mother  feels  that  she  is 
responsible  for  the  successes  of  her  children,  and  Prince- 
ton may  well  rejoice  today  in  the  service  of  her  sons,  and 
may  even  sympathize  a  little  with  the  feelings  of  Nebu- 
chadnezzar, when  he  said, "  Is  this  not  great  Babylon  that 
I  have  builded  % ' ',  without  being  guilty  of  the  deadly  sin  of 
pride.  You  may  say  that  Princeton  men  were  originally 
endowed  with  those  qualities  which  would  ensure  minis- 
terial success,  even  if  they  had  gone  to  some  other  semi- 
nary. This  is  no  doubt  true,  but  Princeton  is  responsible 
for  two  things :  she  has  attracted  to  herself  men  of  large 
mental  and  spiritual  calibre,  and  she  has  given  them  a 
training  upon  which  success  has  in  multitudes  of  cases, 
as  we  have  heard,  been  built.  I  believe  that  there  is  a 
causal  connection  between  the  Princeton  training  and  the 
ministerial  success,  whether  causation  be  construed  in 
terms  of  uniform  sequence  with  the  Humeian  philo- 

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sophy,  or  in  terms  of  power  or  efficiency  with  Dr.  McCosh, 
and  with  Professor  Ormond,  who  has  trained  genera- 
tions of  theological  students  in  the  principles  of  a  sound 
philosophy. 

How  shall  we  estimate  the  value  of  Princeton's  con- 
tribution to  theological  education  1  Adopting  the  quanti- 
tative method,  we  might  speak  of  Princeton 's  age,  of  the 
number  of  her  graduates  and  of  the  number  of  these 
engaged  in  theological  education.  As  the  oldest  semi- 
nary of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  Princeton  has  natu- 
rally exerted  a  profound  influence  over  theological  edu- 
cation. In  the  South,  the  Union  Seminary  of  Richmond 
was  founded  soon  after  Princeton  by  men  from  the  Log 
College,  and  the  founders  of  Columbia  Seminary  set  be- 
fore them  the  goal  of  making  that  institution  "the 
Princeton  of  the  South";  while  in  the  North,  such  insti- 
tutions as  McCormick,  Western,  Lane,  Danville,  Lincoln 
and  San  Francisco  were  founded  by  Princeton  men  or 
had  Princeton  men  among  their  earliest  instructors. 
Princeton,  it  has  been  said,  cannot  be  jealous  of  the  pros- 
perity of  these  younger  institutions,  because  they  are  in 
a  large  measure  her  own  offspring.  As  the  pioneer 
among  the  seminaries  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  she 
has  blazed  the  path  which  others  have  followed. 

Princeton  is  not  only  the  oldest  Presbyterian  theologi- 
cal school;  she  is,  in  the  number  of  her  graduates  and 
former  students,  the  largest  school  for  theological  educa- 
tion, of  any  name,1  in  America.  Some  five  thousand  eight 
hundred  men  have  studied  within  her  walls,  her  nearest 
competitor  being  the  Southern  Baptist  Seminary  of 
Louisville,  Ky.,  with  a  total  of  about  four  thousand  and 

1  "The  total  number  of  students  up  to  1910  was  5,742,  of  whom  3,076  were  liv- 
ing" (J.  H.  Dulles  in  New  Schaff-Herzog  Encyc,  Vol.  XI.,  p.  374). 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

fifty  matriculates.1  Some  one  hundred  and  eight  of  her 
graduates  have  been  teachers  in  the  Presbyterian  schools 
of  theology  in  this  country,  while  others  have  taught  in 
other  divinity  schools,  here  and  abroad,  among  them  Dr. 
McCurdy,  of  Toronto,  Dr.  Jacobus,  of  Hartford,  and  one 
who  for  many  years  was  the  only  native  American  to 
occupy  a  full  professorship  in  a  German  university— 
Dr.  Caspar  Rene  Gregory,  of  Leipsic,  soon  to  give  to  the 
world  the  fruit  of  a  lifetime  of  study  in  a  great  critical 
edition  of  the  Greek  New  Testament.  Of  the  theological 
teachers  in  our  Presbyterian  seminaries,  almost  one- 
third  are  Princeton  graduates.  Of  these,  there  are  two 
in  Auburn,  one  in  Western,  one  in  Kentucky,  five  in  Mc- 
Cormick,  one  in  San  Francisco,  three  in  Lincoln,  one  in 
Newark,  and  four  in  Omaha.  The  distinguished  presi- 
dents of  McCormick  and  Omaha  Seminaries,  as  well  as 
of  Princeton  Seminary,  are  Princeton  graduates. 

Dr.  Patton,  I  believe,  has  recently  expressed  the  desire 
that  he  might  be  at  the  head  of  a  school  for  the  training 
of  college  presidents,  but  if  he  would  study  the  statistics, 
he  would  find  that  his  ambition  is  already  gratified.  We 
cannot  think  of  Washington  and  Jefferson,  for  example, 
without  thinking  of  Dr.  Moff at,  nor  of  Wooster  Univer- 
sity without  thinking  of  Dr.  Holden,  whose  energy  has 
raised  it  from  its  ashes.  And  what  would  Lincoln  Uni- 
versity be  without  the  forty-six  years  of  splendid  service 
and  sacrifice  of  J)r.  Isaac  N.  Rendall  %  Some  of  the  hon- 
ored guests  from  abroad  may  have  been  accustomed  to 
think  of  Princeton  as  merely  a  center  of  theological 
learning.  Now,  certainly,  they  realize  that  the  term 
Princeton  has  a  wider  extension ;  and  those  of  us  who  are 

1  This  is  the  estimate  of  President  E.  Y.  Mullins.     Andover  reported  a  total  of 
3,538  students  up  to  1908. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

Princeton  men  in  a  double  sense  rejoice  in  the  fact  that 
a  graduate  of  Princeton  Seminary,  Dr.  John  Grier 
Hibben,  is,  in  a  few  days,  to  be  formally  installed  as  the 
head  of  the  great  University  whose  hospitality  we  enjoy 
today. 

Beside  theological  and  college  teachers,  Princeton  has 
contributed  to  the  Presbyterian  Church  fifty-six  modera- 
tors of  General  Assemblies,  and  five  bishops  to  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church,  Bishops  Mcllvaine,  Johns, 
T.  M.  Clark,  A.  N.  Little  John  and  J.  H.  Darlington.  She 
has  not,  as  yet,  produced  a  Pope,  but  has  trained  three 
stated  clerks  of  the  General  Assembly. 

The  specific  quality  of  Princeton's  influence  in  theo- 
logical education  is  traceable  to  two  causes :  the  person- 
ality of  Princeton's  teachers  and  the  high  standard  of 
her  theological  course. 

History,  it  has  been  said,  is  the  biography  of  the 
world's  great  men.  The  history  of  Princeton  is  the 
record  of  her  great  teachers,  of  the  patriarchs  and 
prophets  who  laid  the  foundations  of  the  Seminary,  and 
of  those  who  so  skilfully  and  so  devotedly  have  built 
upon  these  foundations.  The  secret  of  long  life  and  pros- 
perity is  said  to  be  found  in  the  choice  of  a  sound  an- 
cestry, and  no  institution  has  been  more  fortunate  in  its 
spiritual  progenitors. 

An  estimate  of  the  four  great  men  who  have  left  the 
impress  of  their  personality  not  only  upon  this  Semi- 
nary, but  directly  or  indirectly  upon  so  many  in  the 
Presbyterian  ministry,  was  given  me  recently  by  the 
graduate  of  the  Seminary  who  is  oldest  in  years,  Dr. 
David  Tully,  of  Media,  Pa.,  of  the  class  of  1850.1    Dr.  A. 

1  Eev.  James  Park,  of  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  of  the  class  of  1846,  is  the  oldest  in 
date  of  graduation. 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Alexander  had  "the  keenness  of  a  Kentucky  rifle-man  in 
his  insight  into  spiritual  experience";  Dr.  Addison 
Alexander  was ' '  a  whirlwind  as  a  teacher  and  preacher ' ' ; 
Dr.  Samuel  Miller  was  "a  prince  in  church  history  and 
the  Chesterfield  of  the  Presbyterian  Church";  and  Dr. 
Charles  Hodge  was  "the  greatest  analytical  mind  that 
this  country  has  produced,  certainly  since  the  days  of 
Jonathan  Edwards."  The  same  authority  says  that  he 
never  knew  any  group  of  men  who  could  "state  truth 
so  clearly  and  defend  it  so  ably." 

The  gifts  of  God  to  the  theological  seminary  are  first 
teachers,  then  scholars,  then  preachers.  Often  in  Prince- 
ton's history  these  three  offices  have  been  happily  united 
in  the  same  man,  but  always  she  has  included  within  her 
Faculty  some  of  the  greatest  preachers,  the  most  gifted 
teachers  and  the  prof  oundest  scholars  of  the  Christian 
Church  in  America.  Her  Faculty  has  often  been  re- 
cruited from  men  prominent  in  the  pastorate  and  pulpit. 
Two,  for  example,  both  famous  as  models  of  pulpit  elo- 
quence, were  taken  from  the  pastorate  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church,  New  York.  One  of  these  was  Dr. 
William  M.  Paxton,  to  me  a  beloved  pastor  as  well  as 
teacher ;  and  in  his  pulpit  in  boyhood  days  I  have  heard 
the  thoughtful  and  spiritual  sermons  of  Drs.  A.  A.  and 
C.  W.  Hodge.  The  other  was  Dr.  Samuel  Miller,  of 
whom  history  records  that  he  preached  occasionally  be- 
fore the  Tammany  Society,  once  on  the  Fourth  of  July, 
upon  the  theme,  "Christianity,  the  Grand  Source  and 
the  Surest  Basis  of  Political  Liberty."  Two  Princeton 
professors  have  been  called  to  the  pulpit  of  the  Fifth 
Avenue  Church,  Dr.  J.  W.  Alexander  and  Dr.  Purves. 
In  student  days,  we  regarded  Dr.  Purves'  Sunday  night 
sermons  as  a  regular  part,  and  not  the  least  important 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

part,  of  our  theological  course,  while  a  sermon  by  Dr. 
Patton  was  in  student  days  (and  was  yesterday)  more 
than  a  sermon— an  event  in  our  intellectual  and  spiritual 
history. 

The  two  great  pillars  in  the  temple  of  Princeton  were 
Drs.  Archibald  Alexander  and  Samuel  Miller.  Prince- 
ton's history  is  but  the  lengthening  shadow  of  these  two 
great  teachers,  leaders  of  the  church  and  devoted  ser- 
vants of  God.  Even  to  enumerate  the  distinguished 
teachers  who  have  followed  them  would  be  impossible  in 
this  address.  Dr.  Addison  Alexander,  teacher,  linguist, 
commentator,  preacher,  signally  gifted  in  all  these  roles, 
was  an  intellectual  and  spiritual  giant,  of  whom  it  has 
been  said  that  "to  have  possessed  any  one  faculty  in 
the  measure  in  which  he  possessed  all,  would  have  been 
enough  to  constitute  a  man  of  mark."  How  shall  we  do 
justice  to  the  memory  of  Dr.  Charles  Hodge  in  the  pres- 
ence of  many  who  have  sat  under  his  instruction  and 
revere  his  memory?  Even  among  his  colleagues  in 
Princeton,  Dr.  Hodge  stands  out,  like  Agamemnon,  pre- 
eminent among  many  and  foremost  among  heroes. 
Measured  by  the  number  of  students  that  he  taught 
(some  three  thousand)  or  by  the  years  of  his  service,  or 
by  the  depth  and  permanence  of  his  influence  in  molding 
conviction  and  shaping  character,  or  by  the  affection  and 
veneration  felt  for  him  by  successive  classes  of  students, 
or  by  the  persistence  of  his  influence  in  the  generation 
since  his  death  through  the  use  of  his  published  works 
as  text-books  in  most  of  the  seminaries  of  the  Presby- 
terian faith,  Dr.  Hodge  stands  out  as  easily  the  foremost 
theological  teacher  in  the  Christian  churches  of  America. 

We  cannot  speak  in  detail  of  those  contributions  to 
theological  scholarship  which  have  caused  the  name  of 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Princeton  to  be  known  and  respected  in  all  parts  of  the 
learned  world.  The  richest  contribution  which  the 
scholar  can  make  to  the  world  of  sacred  learning  is  per- 
haps a  learned  and  devout  commentary  upon  some  great 
book  of  the  Bible.  To  unfold  the  rich  treasures  of  Scrip- 
ture through  exegesis  is  its  best  defence.  Drs.  Addison 
Alexander  and  Charles  Hodge  did  not  anticipate  all  the 
discoveries  and  discussions  of  later  years,  but  their  com- 
mentaries are  still  widely  studied,  and  may  be  studied 
with  profit  as  examples  of  thorough  scholarship,  sound 
judgment  in  exegesis,  and  spiritual  insight.  Exposi- 
tion of  the  Scriptures  has  in  Princeton  ever  led  to  theo- 
logical construction :  theology  without  exegesis,  to  adapt 
Kant's  well-known  phrase,  is  empty;  exegesis  without 
theology  is  blind.  Upon  the  writings  of  Princeton  men 
in  systematic  theology  a  large  part  of  her  reputation 
may  be  said  to  rest.  In  other  departments,  such  as  phil- 
ology and  archaeology,  Biblical  introduction,  apologet- 
ics, church  history,  church  polity,  Biblical  theology, 
ethics  and  philosophy  of  religion,  Princeton  has  kept 
abreast  of,  and  helped  to  advance,  the  scholarship  of 
her  day.  The  founders  of  the  Seminary  and  their  de- 
scendants by  ordinary  generation  and  spiritual  inheri- 
tance have  exerted  a  steady  stream  of  influence  through 
books,  pamphlets,  addresses,  articles  in  periodicals  and 
Bible  dictionaries.  "The  Princeton  Review,"  insepara- 
bly associated,  under  its  several  titles,  with  the  names  of 
Alexander,  Hodge,  Dr.  Green  and  Dr.  Warfield,  has  been 
recognized  for  three  generations  as  the  foremost  organ 
of  the  Reformed  faith;  it  has  been  an  engine  of  power 
in  the  church  and  the  country,  "  spreading  the  fame  of 
Princeton  among  the  nations."  To  the  contributions  of 
her  own  scholars  must  be  added  those  of  her  occasional 

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lecturers  upon  the  ' '  Stone ' '  and  other  foundations.  The 
list  includes  such  names  as  those  of  Drs.  Storrs,  Mark 
Hopkins  and  Henry  J.  Van  Dyke,  of  America ;  of  Drs. 
Flint  and  Orr,  and  Sir  William  M.  Ramsay,  of  Scotland ; 
and  Drs.  Kuyper  and  Bavinck,  of  Holland;  together 
with  many  names  notable  in  the  world  of  missionary 
literature. 

The  influence  of  Princeton's  teachers  has  been  felt 
wherever  the  gospel  has  been  preached  by  Princeton  men. 
The  secret  of  her  influence  in  theological  education  has 
been  the  succession  of  apostolic  men  who  have  occupied 
her  professorial  chairs.  These  have  been  men  who  have 
magnified  their  office,  not  content  merely  to  give  formal 
instruction  in  the  truths  and  doctrines  of  the  Word,  but 
ambitious  to  inspire  as  well  as  to  instruct,  to  animate 
with  zeal  for  the  work  of  the  Kingdom,  and  to  set  before 
their  students  a  strong  and  attractive  example  of  Chris- 
tian and  ministerial  manhood. 

Another  reason  for  the  prestige  and  influence  of 
Princeton  as  a  school  of  the  prophets  has  been  her  high 
standard  of  ministerial  training.  We  have  been  passing 
through  a  period  of  educational  transition  and  perhaps 
of  confusion.  The  wonderful  development  and  ever- 
extending  boundaries  of  the  sciences,  the  obvious  utility 
of  scientific  study  as  a  preparation  for  many  vocations 
in  life,  the  relative  depreciation  of  the  classics,  the  de- 
mands of  a  not  infallible,  but  very  human  student  body, 
seeking  the  line  of  least  resistance,  the  development  of 
elective  courses,  the  application  of  candidates  for  the 
ministry  without  classical  training,  the  marked  popular 
interest  in  sociological  questions  growing  out  of  our  in- 
dustrial organization  and  the  progress  of  democracy,  all 
of  these  causes  have  had  their  effect  upon  the  theory  and 

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the  actual  arrangement  of  our  theological  curricula. 
Coupled  with  these  changes  in  general  educational  pol- 
icy, have  been  changes  within  the  theological  field  itself, 
affecting  the  traditional  views  of  the  Bible  and  of  its 
doctrines,  and  so  of  the  gospel  which  ought  to  be 
preached.  We  are  met  with  the  question :  Why  not  dis- 
pense with  the  dead  languages  and  the  dry  bones  of  scho- 
lastic theology,  and  study  the  living  problems  of  the  day  ? 
Why  not  take  this  sorry  theological  scheme  of  things— 
this  curriculum— entire,  and  shatter  it  to  bits,  and  then 
remold  it  nearer  to  the  heart's  desire? 

I  know  that  we  are  here  on  controversial  ground,  and 
that  every  seminary  has  its  own  problems,  and  must 
decide  for  itself  how  it  may  best  serve  the  church  and  the 
cause  of  ministerial  education.  I  congratulate  Prince- 
ton Seminary,  however,  upon  reaching  her  one  hun- 
dredth anniversary  without  finding  it  necessary  to  make 
her  theological  course  any  easier,  or  to  change  the  prin- 
ciple upon  which  that  course  is  organized.  In  the  midst 
of  changing  conditions  and  theories,  Princeton  has  stood 
her  ground  requiring  a  high  standard  of  admission, 
requiring  for  graduation  a  knowledge  of  Hebrew  and  of 
Greek,  and  requiring  exegesis  in  the  original  tongues. 

Those  hours  of  Hebrew  in  the  junior  year  are  indeed 
for  the  average  student  a  hill  of  difficulty,  but  it  is  good 
to  bear  the  yoke  and  to  endure  a  little  intellectual  hard- 
ship. The  mental  discipline  itself  is  not  to  be  despised, 
and  may  help  the  preacher  in  later  years  as  he  grapples 
with  a  difficult  text,  and  says,  "I  will  not  let  thee  go, 
except  thou  bless  me."  The  short  cut  into  the  ministry, 
it  is  well  to  remember,  may  lead  to  the  short  cut  out  of 
the  ministry,  and  the  road  may  be  made  so  smooth  and 

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easy  as  to  lead  readily  into  the  by-paths  of  a  real  estate 
and  insurance  agency. 

In  these  days  of  specialized  Biblical  criticism,  it  would 
be  certainly  a  misfortune  if  the  decision  of  Biblical 
questions  should  be  taken  out  of  the  hands  of  the  minis- 
try, and  relegated  to  a  learned  and  cloistered  caste.  Crit- 
ical discussions  about  the  Pentateuch  or  the  Psalms,  or 
Isaiah  or  the  Synoptic  problem  can  only  be  appreciated 
by  those  who  have  some  knowledge  of  the  ancient  lan- 
guages. It  is  not  necessary  that  the  preacher  should  be 
a  specialist  in  philology,  but  it  is  desirable  that  the  min- 
istry, to  whom  are  committed  the  oracles  of  God,  should 
have  in  their  hands  the  instruments  of  scholarship,  and 
be  able  for  themselves  to  "  search  the  scriptures  whether 
these  things  are  so." 

In  a  scientific  age,  it  will  be  a  serious  handicap  to  the 
preacher  not  to  be  able  to  refer  to  the  fundamental  docu- 
ments of  his  faith.  The  necessity  of  the  ancient  lan- 
guages in  a  theological  course  stands  or  falls,  indeed, 
in  my  opinion,  with  the  importance  of  exegesis,  and  our 
estimate  of  the  importance  of  exegesis  is  bound  up  with 
our  views  of  the  authority  and  inspiration  of  the  Scrip- 
tures. If  there  is  no  water  of  life,  there  is  no  need  to 
draw  from  the  fountain  of  the  original  text.  If  the 
preacher  is  not  to  preach  the  Word,  his  time  will  be 
wasted  in  studying  the  languages  in  which  it  was  writ- 
ten. But  the  preacher,  who  believes  that  only  in  the 
Bible  can  he  find  his  message  for  the  salvation  of  men 
and  the  good  of  society,  will  wish  to  know  all  he  can 
about  the  Bible.  He  will  shrink  from  no  labor  which 
may  make  him  a  "  workman  that  needeth  not  to  be 
ashamed. "   Whatever  the  changes  of  the  future,  I  hope. 

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that  in  these  days  of  higher  standards  of  professional 
preparation,  Princeton  will  not  let  down  the  bars  in  def- 
erence to  the  clamor  for  an  easier  course. 

Our  hope  and  dream  for  Princeton  is  that  with  ex- 
panding resources,  she  should  offer,  in  some  way,  as 
extra-curriculum  or  elective,  or  fourth  year  or  graduate 
courses,  all  the  subjects  which  might  be  taught  by  the 
theological  university.  Let  her  offer  courses  in  all  the 
religions,  and  in  all  the  languages,  in  all  the  philosophies, 
in  all  the  Biblical  books,  in  all  the  doctrines,  in  all  the 
periods  of  church  history,  in  the  philosophy  and  psy- 
chology of  religion,  in  ethics  and  economics  and  sociol- 
ogy. Let  her  send  out  Oberlins  into  the  country  churches 
who  shall  improve  the  roads  and  the  schools  and  the 
methods  of  agriculture.  Let  her  send  out  sociological 
experts,  men  with  the  modern  outlook  upon  social  prob- 
lems, and  able  to  apply  the  most  exact  and  scientific 
methods  to  their  study  and  to  their  solution.  Let  there 
be  courses  that  will  give  to  the  foreign  missionary  a 
specialized  training  for  his  work.  Let  elocution  be  em- 
phasized so  that  the  preacher,  on  fire  with  his  message, 
may  deliver  it  in  a  manner  commensurate  with  his  theme. 
Let  the  circumference  of  the  course  be  as  wide  as  pos- 
sible, but  let  the  center,  about  which  and  upon  which  all 
else  shall  be  built,  be  the  study  of  the  Bible.  Thus  will 
the  Seminary  give  to  the  preacher  a  message  large 
enough  to  fill  his  heart  and  mind,  and  great  and  impor- 
tant enough  to  carry  to  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

Courses  in  psychology  of  religion,  in  religious  educa- 
tion and  in  ethics  will  be  attractive  and  useful  to  the 
preacher,  and  other  studies,  in  history,  literature,  sci- 
ence and  philosophy,  will  be  broadening  and  helpful. 
But  in  the  name  of  efficiency,  let  us  put  the  most  impor- 

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tant  things  first.  Let  us  not  crowd  in  the  squash  courts 
and  Turkish  baths  and  palm  gardens,  if  we  have  to 
crowd  out  the  life-boats. 

I  have  seen  efficient  ministers  without  scholastic  train- 
ing—Paul had  more  training  in  the  schools  than  Peter; 
but  I  never  saw  an  efficient  minister  without  the  Bible 
in  his  hand  and  in  his  heart.  When  we  speak  of  efficiency 
and  social  service,  let  us  not  forget  our  church  history. 
Let  us  look  at  Luther  and  Calvin,  and  what  they  accom- 
plished, and  how  they  accomplished  it.  Luther  and  Calvin 
might  have  studied  history  and  psychology  and  political 
and  social  science  till  they  were  as  old  as  Methusaleh,  and 
they  would  not  have  produced  one  tithe  of  the  political 
and  social  results  that  they  did  achieve  by  studying  the 
Bible,  by  translating  the  Bible,  by  expounding  the  Bible, 
and  by  building,  as  they  believed,  upon  the  Bible  great 
systems  of  doctrine  and  of  duty. 

Turning,  for  the  few  moments  which  remain,  to  the 
second  part  of  our  topic,  we  may  say  that  Princeton's 
influence  upon  religious  thought  has  been  constructive, 
conservative  and  comprehensive,  and  that  it  has  flowed 
notably  in  two  channels,  those  of  Biblical  criticism  and 
doctrinal  theology. 

Princeton's  influence  has  been  constructive.  She  has 
not  been  content  with  a  repetition  of  the  old  formulas. 
Out  of  the  Scriptures,  as  she  believes,  she  has  reared  an 
imposing  and  positive  system  of  truth,  not  novel  in  its 
essential  features,  but  built  up  in  full  view  of  opposing 
systems,  and  with  constant  reference  to  the  science  and 
philosophy  and  criticism  of  the  time.  The  articles  of 
Princeton's  creed  have  not  been  prefaced  with  a  ''per- 
haps" or  an  "I  don't  know",  yet  at  times  her  words 
spoken  in  moderation  and  wisdom  (for  example,  upon 

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the  principles  of  subscription  to  the  Confession,  or  upon 
the  atonement  as  adapted  to  all,  sufficient  for  all,  open 
to  all  and  honestly  offered  to  all)  have  brought  assur- 
ance and  relief  to  the  whole  Presbyterian  world. 

Her  influence  has  been  conservative.  She  has  not  be- 
lieved with  Ibsen  that  "the  life  of  a  normally  constituted 
truth  is  twenty  years  at  the  outside".  Her  appeal  has 
been  from  the  fashion  of  the  age  ofttimes  to  the  mature 
verdict  of  the  ages.  Her  faith  has  been  liberal  in  the 
sense  indicated  by  Bishop  Brooks,  who  said  the  term 
should  be  used  not  of  a  faith  which  believes  little,  but 
of  one  which  believes  much.  Whether  with  approval  or 
not,  we  must  recognize  the  notable  consistency  of  her 
position.  She  has  exemplified  her  favorite  doctrine  of 
the  perseverance  of  the  saints.  For  one  hundred  years, 
she  has  stood  like  a  Gibraltar  amid  the  shifting  tides 
and  currents  of  human  opinion. 

Princeton's  influence  has  been  comprehensive.  She 
has  expounded  and  defended  both  the  Old  and  the  New 
Testaments,  which  the  history  of  criticism  has  shown  to 
be  joined  together  as  closely  as  ever,  for  better,  for  worse ; 
for  richer,  for  poorer.  She  has  taught  the  great  central 
doctrines  of  the  Christian  faith,  human  sin,  a  Divine 
Redeemer,  and  redemption  through  the  blood  of  His 
Cross;  and  she  has  defended  the  outposts  of  the  Re- 
formed theology.  She  has  expounded  the  doctrines  of 
revealed  religion,  and  has  defended  those  fundamental 
truths  of  natural  religion  which  lie  at  the  basis  of  all 
religion  and  all  ethics. 

In  analyzing  Princeton's  influence  upon  religious 
thought,  we  find  that  two  principal  streams  may  be  dis- 
tinguished ;  her  influence  in  the  spheres  of  Biblical  criti- 
cism and  of  doctrinal  theology.    In  considering  ques- 

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tions  of  Biblical  criticism,  her  attitude  has  been  reverent 
rather  than  patronizing.  She  has  not  sat  in  the  seat  of 
the  scorner.  Her  attitude  again  has  been  scientific  in 
that,  whether  her  conclusions  have  been  correct  or  not, 
she  has,  at  least,  considered  the  available  evidence  from 
tradition,  from  philology,  from  archaeology,  from  com- 
parative religion,  not  omitting  the  testimony  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  bearing  witness  by  and  with  the  Word  in  our 
hearts.  Her  attitude  has  been  courteous,  toward  criticism 
and  toward  the  critics.  Dr.  William  Henry  Green  stands 
as  Princeton's  leading  exponent  of  the  higher  criticism. 
He  has  been  called  "the  most  influential  Hebrew  teacher 
of  his  time  among  English-speaking  men";  he  was  the 
chairman  of  the  American  Old  Testament  Revision  Com- 
mittee; but  he  will  be  longest  remembered  as  "the  lead- 
ing defender  in  this  country,  if  not  in  the  world,  of  the 
authenticity  and  integrity  of  the  Mosaic  books. "  It  was 
his  work  in  this  field  which  led  Dr.  Willis  J.  Beecher  to 
say  that  he  had  "caused  American  scholarship  to  be  rec- 
ognized throughout  the  Western,  the  Eastern  and  the 
Australian  continents."  Dr.  Green,  as  a  scholar,  a  Chris- 
tian and  a  gentleman,  was  a  model  to  all  those  who  would 
enter  the  field  of  theological  discussion. 

While  there  is  a  contest  between  faith  and  unbelief, 
while  men  approach  historical  evidence  from  different 
philosophical  standpoints  and  hold  their  philosophy 
dear,  the  Bible  with  its  revelation  of  a  Divine  Christ  will 
be  the  great  storm-center,  the  great  battle  ground  of  con- 
troversy. Progress  may  be  made  by  research,  by  reflec- 
tion, by  calm  discussion  and  the  weighing  of  arguments, 
by  proving  all  things  and  holding  fast  that  which  is  good ; 
but  perhaps  no  final  agreement  will  be  reached  until  we 
come  to  know  even  as  we  are  known,  or  until  we  reach  a 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

condition  of  moral  and  spiritual  indifference,  and,  like 
Gallio,  care  for  none  of  these  things. 

I  am  not  a  prophet  to  forecast  the  probable  course  or 
duration  or  outcome  of  the  controversy  over  the  author- 
ship and  the  trustworthiness  of  the  books  of  the  Bible ; 
but  I  may  venture  to  predict  that  an  institution  whose 
delight  is  in  the  law  of  the  Lord  will  continue  to  enjoy 
the  promise  of  continuous  vigor  and  seasonable  f  ruitf  ul- 
ness.  And  I  may  express  the  conviction  that  that  insti- 
tution which  in  the  coming  years  of  the  century  does 
most  to  train  men  to  preach  the  Bible,  and  to  induce  men 
to  study  the  Bible,  to  believe  in  and  to  obey  the  Bible,  as 
the  revelation  of  God's  will  and  God's  love  for  the  salva- 
tion of  men  and  society,  that  institution  will  not  be  at 
the  end  of  the  procession,  but  will  be  marching  right  in 
front  in  the  vanguard  of  the  world's  advance. 

Princeton  Seminary  has  been  for  a  century  the  con- 
sistent champion  of  that  system  of  doctrine  which  has 
been  variously  called  Augustinian,  Calvinistic,  Re- 
formed, Westminster,  or  simply  Princetonian.  Prince- 
ton has  produced  the  greatest  textbook,  the  great  monu- 
mental treatise,  of  this  type  of  theology  in  the  English 
language,  its  best  popular  exposition  (in  Dr.  A.  A. 
Hodge's  " Popular  Lectures"),  its  most  genial  and  per- 
suasive teachers,  its  keenest  polemical  defenders.  Not 
all  of  us,  as  students,  were  able  to  bear  all  that  we  were 
taught  by  our  theological  professors;  but  I  believe  I 
speak  for  the  great  body  of  the  Alumni  when  I  say  that 
we  have  absorbed  a  surprisingly  large  amount  of  Calvin- 
ism, and  in  our  deepest  convictions,  as  these  have  been 
deepened  by  experience,  are  true  to  that  system  of  doc- 
trine which  places  God's  will  above  man's  will,  God's 
power  above  human  weakness,  God's  grace  above  human 

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merit,  and  makes  God's  glory  the  supreme  end  of  man's 
existence. 

We  live  in  a  time  when  there  is  a  general  desire  for  a 
fuller  outward  expression  of  the  essential  unity  of  the 
Christian  church.  The  branches  of  the  church,  engaged 
in  a  common  work,  animated  by  a  common  purpose,  are 
longing  for  some  fuller  expression  of  their  essential 
unity  in  Christ,  the  great  Head  of  the  church.  The  mid- 
dle walls  of  division,  which  have  stood  for  centuries  with- 
out a  breach  under  the  heavy  guns  of  theological  contro- 
versy, may  at  last  be  melted  by  the  fires  of  Christian 
love.  But  whatever  the  movements  and  readjustments 
of  the  future,  under  the  guidance  of  God's  providence 
and  of  His  Spirit,  we  believe  that  the  essential  truths 
which  Princeton  has  taught  with  such  conviction,  for 
which  she  has  contended  so  earnestly,  and  which  she  has 
made  men  see  so  clearly,  whether  they  accepted  her 
teaching  or  not,  that  these  truths  in  the  church  of  the 
future,  coming  down  through  Augustine  and  Calvin  and 
the  Westminster  and  the  Princeton  divines,  will  be  a 
possession  for  all  time,  and  that  they  will  be  incorporated 
as  a  valuable  and  integral  part  into  the  great  stream  of 
catholic  Christianity  and  catholic  Christian  thought. 

To  these  "five  points"  of  Calvinism,  may  Princeton 
continue  to  be  true.  First,  a  lofty  ideal  of  Christian  and 
ministerial  character,  an  ideal  which  has  produced  in 
history  such  men  as  Coligny,  William  of  Nassau,  John 
Knox,  Dr.  Alexander  "the  great",  and  Charles  Hodge 
"the  gracious".  Second,  an  intelligent  faith  and  a  high 
standard  of  training  for  the  ministry.  Third,  the  au- 
thority of  the  Bible,  given  in  the  lovingkindness  of  our 
God,  as  the  rule  of  faith  and  life.  Fourth,  the  sovereignty 
of  God  in  His  grace  and  in  His  providence.    Fifth,  the 

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doing  of  the  will  of  God  upon  the  earth;  for  the  Re- 
formed faith  is  in  its  very  essence  a  reforming  faith. 

As  we  review  the  record  of  one  hundred  years  of  the 
Seminary's  life,  we  cannot  repress  a  feeling  of  profound 
gratitude  for  the  streams  of  influence  which  have  gone 
out  from  the  Princeton  fountain  into  the  pulpits  of  our 
land,  into  the  mission  field  and  into  the  deepest  thoughts 
and  convictions  and  experiences  of  men. 

As  she  faces  the  new  problems  of  the  newer  age  may 
Princeton  go  on  her  way,  forgetting  the  things  that  are 
behind.  May  she  go  forward  to  a  larger  usefulness  in 
the  service  of  the  church  and  of  humanity.  May  she  go 
forward  with  new  hope  and  courage,  with  wise  leader- 
ship, with  holy  ambitions,  to  great  constructive  achieve- 
ments, and  may  all  of  us,  her  sons,  set  our  faces  in  hope 
and  expectancy  to  the  coming  of  the  better  day,  when  the 
glory  of  all  human  achievements  and  of  all  human  insti- 
tutions and  the  glory  of  the  ministry  and  the  crown  of  a 
redeemed  humanity  shall  add  lustre  only  to  the  Sa- 
viour's brow,  and  all  shall  join  in  the  song,  "Not  unto  us, 
not  unto  us,  O  Lord,  but  unto  thy  name  give  glory". 


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PRINCETON  IN  ITS  EARLY  ENVIRONMENT 
AND  WORK1 

ADDRESS 

BY  CHARLES  BEATTY  ALEXANDEE,  LL.D. 
New  York  City 

HENRI  ROCHEFORT  has  said  that  after  men  be- 
come fit  for  nothing  else  they  write  reminiscences. 

When  the  invitation  came  to  me  to  deliver  one  of  the 
addresses  on  this  memorable  occasion,  I,  with  the  sensi- 
tiveness natural  to  men  of  my  years,  was  tempted  to 
think,  from  the  subject  assigned  to  me,  that  the  commit- 
tee perhaps  imagined  me  a  contemporary  of  the  fathers 
of  this  institution,  and  hence  able  to  speak  from  personal 
knowledge  of  its  early  days.  The  committee  would  not 
have  been  far  wrong,  if  this  had  been  their  impression. 
It  so  happens  that  I  spent  a  portion  of  every  year  from 
1850  to  1859,  in  the  kindly  hospitality  of  the  old  Alexan- 
der house,  and  like  most  early  impressions,  the  recollec- 
tions of  that  time  are  most  vivid. 

Dr.  Archibald  Alexander  died  in  October,  1851,  and 
I  do  not  recall  him. 

I  well  remember  being  taken  as  a  little  boy  to  see  Dr. 
Hodge  in  the  house  across  the  campus,  and  being  told  not 
to  forget  that  I  was  to  meet  one  of  the  great  scholars  of 
the  age. 

At  the  period  I  have  mentioned,  the  only  buildings  on 
the  campus  were  what  is  now  called  Alexander  Hall,  the 
Miller  Chapel,  and  the  old  Library.     It  was  a  great 

1  Owing  to  the  limitations  of  time,  portions  of  this  address  were  omitted. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

source  of  interest  to  me  to  visit  a  little  museum,  on  the 
first  floor  of  the  Seminary.  It  contained  a  few  shells 
from  the  South  Seas,  and  copper  coins.  There  were  also 
some  beads,  which  I  understood  were  the  costume  of 
dusky  converts  before  they  adopted  the  traditional  garb 
of  civilization.  There  were,  moreover,  certain  idols  in  the 
cases,  which  in  my  early  innocence,  I  supposed  might  occa- 
sionally, in  moments  of  backsliding,  be  worshipped  by  the 
students,  but  later  learned  that  they  had  been  sent  home 
by  missionaries,  after  being  discarded  by  their  disciples, 
very  much  as  the  Indian  braves  of  the  day  sent  home  to 
their  lodges  the  scalps  of  the  conquered. 

Above  all,  I  remember  the  current  of  life  which  flowed 
through  the  house.  The  family  then  consisted  of  Joseph 
Addison  Alexander,  and  his  two  brothers,  William  and 
Archibald,  and  their  sister,  Janetta.  Hardly  a  day 
passed  without  a  visit  from  some  returning  graduate  or 
eminent  personage  from  abroad,  and  there  were  frequent 
calls  from  the  other  members  of  the  Faculty.  I  remember 
the  intense  interest  shown  in  the  work  of  every  graduate, 
and  the  eagerness  with  which  all  news  of  the  Alumni  was 
sought.  The  early  professors  always  kept  their  hands 
on  their  former  students,  wherever  they  might  be,  the 
hands  of  sympathy,  of  imagination,  of  Christian  love.  I 
have  since  thought,  that  this  interest  bound  the  graduates 
very  closely  to  their  alma  mater. 

Of  course,  I  recall  Dr.  Addison  Alexander  and  all  his 
well  known  peculiarities.  In  a  few  lessons  he  sought  to 
make  me  a  great  Oriental  scholar,  but  I  clearly  proved 
that  the  mantle  of  Elijah  had  not  fallen  on  Elisha. 

Before  leaving  these  personal  reminiscences,  let  me  say 
that  I  have  had  great  pleasure  in  sending  to  the  Semi- 
nary Library  the  English  Bible  which  Dr.  Archibald 

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Alexander  used  daily  for  over  thirty  years.  It  contains, 
in  his  own  handwriting,  the  entry  of  the  births  and  bap- 
tisms of  his  children.  In  the  cover,  Dr.  Alexander  pasted 
several  verses,  which  form  the  best  possible  clue  to  his 
character.  They  are  as  follows:  "To  love  him  with 
all  the  heart  and  with  all  the  soul  and  with  all  the 
strength  is  more  than  all  whole  burnt  offerings  and 
sacrifices."  "I  dwell  with  him  that  is  of  a  contrite  and 
humble  spirit."  "But  to  do  good  and  to  communicate 
forget  not."  "The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  them  which  are  of 
a  broken  heart  and  saveth  such  as  be  of  a  contrite  spirit." 
Well  may  it  have  been  said  of  him  by  his  biographer 
that  at  the  time  of  his  call  to  Princeton  "no  man  of  emi- 
nence could  think  more  humbly  of  himself."  From  the 
worn  appearance  of  portions  of  the  book,  it  would  seem 
that  the  Psalms  and  the  Major  Prophets  were  the  most 
frequently  read.  I  have  also  sent  to  the  Library  an 
ancient  Hebrew  Old  Testament,  used  daily  by  Dr.  James 
Waddel  Alexander,  and  another  read  by  Joseph  Addison 
Alexander  from  1828  until  his  death. 

Let  me  now  turn  to  the  subject  assigned  to  me.  Let 
us  consider  for  a  moment  the  condition  of  the  country 
at  the  time  of  the  foundation  of  the  Seminary.  In  1811, 
the  people  were  preparing  for  the  expected  war  with 
England.  The  things  common  to  a  new  country  char- 
acterized American  life.  Traveling  facilities  were  poor. 
There  was  not  a  steamboat  west  of  New  York  City. 
Transportation  between  Princeton  and  Philadelphia 
was  by  coach.  In  these  days  of  the  railway,  bicycle,  mo- 
tor, telegraph,  telephone,  photograph,  and  electricity  in 
all  its  forms,  one  can  hardly  imagine  the  primitive  char- 
acter of  our  national  life. 

The  educational  advantages  in  the  country  were  far 

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from  what  they  are  today.  Harvard,  Yale,  Princeton, 
and  some  lesser  colleges  set  the  standard,  bnt  the  school 
facilities  were  limited,  and  the  teaching  inferior.  The 
morality  of  the  people  was  characterized  by  the  laxness 
of  a  new  land,  and  strange  sects  sprang  up,  "Halcyon," 
i '  New  Light, ' '  and  the  like,  due  in  a  large  degree  to  a  lack 
of  religious  training. 

Sharing  in  the  general  educational  and  moral  depres- 
sion, theological  education  was  at  a  low  ebb.  Ministers 
were  being  prepared  either  by  private  instructors,  or  by 
what  they  could  pick  up  in  their  college  courses.  This 
condition  is  indicated  in  "The  Brief  Account  of  the  Rise, 
etc.  of  the  Seminary,"  published  in  1822.  It  states  that 
the  founders  deeply  lamented  the  want  of  such  an  insti- 
tution, and  saw  with  much  pain  the  extreme  disadvan- 
tage under  which  their  candidates  for  the  ministry 
labored,  in  pursuing  their  theological  studies.  They  saw 
yoimg  men  with  very  small  previous  acquirements  in 
literature  and  science,  after  devoting  only  twelve  or 
eighteen  months,  and  in  some  instances  much  less,  to  the 
study  of  theology,  and  even  for  that  short  time  almost 
wholly  without  suitable  help,  taking  on  themselves  the 
most  weighty  and  responsible  of  all  offices. 

But  in  spite  of  the  gloomy  outlook,  intellectual,  moral, 
and  spiritual  life  was  beginning  to  revive. 

Something  vital  happens  before  the  green  blade  ap- 
pears. Although  at  the  beginning  of  the  last  century 
there  seemed  little  hope  of  improvement,  the  first  decade 
of  the  nineteenth  century  showed  a  marvelous  renais- 
sance, of  which  the  foundation  of  the  Seminary  forms  a 
part.  / 

There  was  a  reaction  proceeding  in  Europe  from  eigh- 
teenth century  infidelity.    W.  Gr.  Ward  in  his  recently 

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published  "Life  of  Newman"  says  that  this  reaction  was 
heralded  in  1802  by  Chateaubriand's  " Genie  du  Chris- 
tianisme. ' ' 

The  great  idea  of  Christian  foreign  missions  was 
born  at  the  Haystack  meeting  in  1806.  The  temperance 
movement  began  in  Moreau,  New  York,  in  1808,  when  a 
society  was  formed  pledging  its  members  to  drink  rum 
only  on  special  occasions.  The  first  missionary  society 
was  founded  in  1806.  Twenty-four  benevolent  societies, 
the  first  growth  of  the  immense  charities  of  our  own  day, 
were  incorporated  in  the  first  decade.  The  New  Jersey 
Bible  Society  was  founded  in  1815,  and  shortly  after- 
wards the  American  Bible  Society. 

The  life  manifested  in  these  agencies,  so  new  and  so 
startling,  is  also  to  be  remarked  in  the  Government.  The 
appearance  of  Clay,  Calhoun,  Webster,  Cheves  and 
Lowndes,  at  Washington,  revealed  a  determination  to 
end  the  humiliating  trade  difficulties  with  France  and 
England  by  an  aggressive  war. 

With  this  new  spirit  so  manifest  in  the  political  and 
social  life  of  the  country,  the  Church  awakened  to  its 
responsibilities  and  opportunities  as  it  had  not  done  be- 
fore. The  leadership  in  thought  as  well  as  in  action  fell 
upon  men  unprepared  by  education  to  bear  it.  As  a 
response  to  the  call  of  the  time,  loud  and  insistent, 
Princeton  Seminary  was  born.  The  men  who  promoted 
it  appreciated  that  on  the  one  hand  an  ignorant  ministry 
is  a  national  misfortune,  and  that  on  the  other,  a  culti- 
vated, educated  ministry  is  a  national  blessing.  There- 
fore, the  organization  of  this  Seminary  was  not  only  a 
religious,  but  a  patriotic  service. 

It  is  remarkable  that  the  founders  of  the  Seminary 
made  it  independent  of  any  college  already  in  existence. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

It  would  have  been  easy  to  graft  it  upon  Nassau  Hall. 
Indeed,  in  1805,  the  College  of  New  Jersey  showed  con- 
siderable uneasiness  at  the  project  of  a  separate  semi- 
nary, for  the  trustees  sent  a  communication  to  the  Assem- 
bly setting  forth,  that  the  college  was  founded  with  a 
particular  view  to  furnishing  men  for  the  ministry,  that 
the  trustees  were  devoted  to  this  object,  and  that  an 
opportunity  was  afforded  by  the  college  for  the  study  of 
divinity.  This  exhibits  the  change  which  has  taken  place 
in  public  sentiment,  when  the  object  of  so  many  universi- 
ties and  colleges  now  is  to  secularize  learning. 

The  plan  for  the  Seminary  adopted  by  the  Assembly 
of  1811  described  the  kind  of  men  it  was  desirous  of  sup- 
plying to  the  Church  in  words  which  might  well  have 
been  written  by  John  Calvin.  The  author  was  Ashbel 
Green.  "It  is  to  form  men  for  the  Gospel  Ministry,  who 
shall  truly  believe  and  cordially  love,  and  therefore  en- 
deavor to  propagate  and  defend  that  system  of  religious 
belief  and  practice  which  is  set  forth  in  the  Confession 
of  Faith,  and  thus  to  extend  the  influence  of  true  evan- 
gelical piety  and  gospel  order." 

This  Seminary  has  been  called  "the  home  of  Calvin- 
ism." Today  no  thinking  man  should  be  ashamed  of  the 
title.  Any  institution  might  be  proud  to  furnish  to  the 
Church  men  whose  ideas  of  liberty  and  justice,  whose 
zeal  and  love  for  men,  whose  scholarship  and  power  are 
characteristic  of  the  school  of  Calvin. 

Calvin  had  died  two  hundred  years  before  this  Semi- 
nary was  founded,  but  just  as  his  theology  had  persisted, 
so  did  his  views  of  an  educated  Protestant  clergy  con- 
tinue to  influence  the  Presbyterians  of  the  world.  He 
had  a  fine  jealousy  as  to  the  character  and  competence  of 
his  professors.    He  was  himself  professor  of  theology. 

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His  theological  graduates  were  described  by  a  French 
bishop  as  "  modest,  grave,  with  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ 
on  their  lips. ' '  He  made  Bossuet  and  Massillon  possible. 
On  his  return  from  Geneva,  John  Knox  copied  Calvin's 
methods  of  education,  and  these  ideas  were  brought  here 
by  our  Scotch  and  Scotch-Irish  and  Puritan  ancestors. 

Michelet  said  of  Calvin's  disciples,  "If  in  any  part  of 
Europe  blood  and  torture  were  required,  a  man  to  be 
burnt  or  broken  on  the  wheel,  that  man  was  at  Geneva 
ready  to  depart,  giving  thanks  to  God  and  singing 
Psalms  to  him."  If  it  be  thought  that  this  is  an  exces- 
sive estimate  of  the  character  and  heroism  of  the  present 
day  Presbyterian  minister,  let  me  quote  from  the  report 
of  the  famine  and  cholera  of  1900  in  Gujarat  made  by 
Sir  Frederic  Lely,  one  of  India's  greatest  administra- 
tors. He  says:  " There  was  Milligan,  Presbyterian  mis- 
sionary, who,  when  he  heard  that  the  district  was  in  sore 
need  of  strong  men,  volunteered  to  help  and  was  put  in 
charge  of  a  thousand  persons  on  whom  cholera  had  al- 
ready taken  hold  on  a  relief  work.  There  was  Mawhin- 
ney,  also  a  Presbyterian  missionary,  who  also  took  a 
similar  trust  in  the  adjoining  native  state  of  Sunth. 
Each  of  them  took  up  his  abode  among  the  people  in  a 
hut  like  their  own;  he  restored  order  and  cleanliness; 
he  instilled  some  of  his  own  courage;  and  then  each 
within  a  month  of  the  other  was  stricken  with  the  disease 
from  which  he  had  saved  others,  and  died  the  death  of 
a  Christian."  Such  men  have  always  been  among  the 
graduates  of  this  Seminary. 

The  early  professors  here  seem  to  have  been  imbued 
with  Calvin's  ideals  and  with  his  spirit,  in  that  he  is 
described  as  a  man  of  invincible  calm,  of  balanced  speech, 
gentle  toward  weakness,  severe  toward  vice,  severest  of 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

all  toward  himself.  Beza  in  his  dedication  of  Calvin's 
"Petits  Traictes"  to  the  Duchess  of  Ferrara  declares 
that  Calvin  was  of  such  integrity  of  conscience,  that  he 
fled  from  all  vain  subtle  sophistries,  and  all  ambitious 
ostentation,  and  never  sought  anything  but  the  pure  and 
simple  truth. 

It  is  evident  from  the  writings  of  the  first  professors 
that  they  had  Calvin's  character  and  work  in  mind,  as 
they  attempted  their  important  task.  Dr.  Miller  in  his 
inaugural  address  pointed  out  that  witnesses  for  the 
truth  in  the  dark  ages  were  all  friends  of  sound  learning, 
and  he  closed  by  saying:  "Wickliffe,  Luther  and  Calvin 
are  all  gone,  but  the  Kingdom  of  Christ  did  not  die  with 
them.  It  still  lives  and  it  will  live  forever. "  Dr.  Alex- 
ander wrote  shortly  after  to  a  friend,  "We  go  on  here 
upon  our  old  moderate  plan,  teaching  the  doctrines  of 
Calvinism,  but  not  disposed  to  consider  every  man  a 
heretic  who  differs  in  some  few  points  from  us."  Ear- 
lier, in  the  stirring  circular  issued  by  the  General  As- 
sembly in  1816  in  aid  of  the  Seminary,  reference  is  made 
to  Calvin,  as  one  of  those  who  have  done  more  for  the 
illustration  and  defence  of  the  common  salvation,  than 
hosts  of  unlettered,  though  pious,  ministers.  Truly,  to 
use  Comte's  aphorism,  "The  living  are  dominated  by  the 
dead." 

Let  me  now  briefly  allude  to  the  intellectual  life  of 
the  Seminary  during  this  early  period.  It  is  difficult  in 
this  age  of  specialization  to  realize  all  that  the  first  pro- 
fessors did.  By  them  the  plan  of  the  theological  curricu- 
lum was  developed  into  substantially  what  it  is  today. 
They  themselves  taught  every  branch  of  the  theological 
encyclopedia.  In  the  revival  of  1815,  the  professors 
threw  themselves  into  the  work  with  all  their  heart. 

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They  preached  frequently  in  Princeton  and  in  the  neigh- 
boring towns.  Their  sermons  might  serve  as  examples 
to  those  whose  ideas  of  evangelistic  preaching  do  not 
include  the  fundamental  principles  of  Calvinistic  theol- 
ogy. Dr.  Alexander  was  not  content  to  teach  simply  a 
system  of  doctrine.  He  aimed  to  send  out  warriors  of 
the  Cross.  To  this  end,  he  studied  the  religions  of 
heathenism,  and  the  erroneous  faiths  of  every  age,  and 
he  knew  what  should  be  said  to  refute  their  doctrines. 
A  fresh  examination  of  the  literature  relating  to  Dr. 
Alexander,  and  of  the  books  which  he  wrote  convinces 
me  that  too  much  stress  has  been  laid  on  his  sweetness 
of  character,  great  piety  and  spiritual  common  sense, 
and  too  little  on  his  profound  and  varied  learning,  mar- 
velous for  the  place  and  time. 

It  is  hardly  fitting  for  me  to  say  too  much  about  my 
grandfather  and  his  sons,  but  too  much  cannot  be  said 
of  Dr.  Samuel  Miller,  who  united  patience,  learning  and 
eloquence  with  all  the  social  and  courtly  graces  and  the 
most  fervent  piety.  He  came  to  Princeton  the  year  after 
Dr.  Archibald  Alexander,  and  found  the  curriculum 
created  and  the  means  for  maintaining  the  religious  life 
of  the  students  perfected.  He  was  of  inestimable  use  in 
forming  the  manners  and  bearing  of  future  ministers. 
Perhaps  his  example  and  precepts  extend  to  the  present 
day.  I  often  re-read  his  book  on  "Public  Prayer",  full 
of  good  sense  and  of  a  quiet  and  appropriate  humor.  It 
was  fortunate  for  the  infant  institution  that  its  two 
heads  should  be  so  different  in  type :  Dr.  Miller,  with  his 
long  training  of  city  life  as  pastor  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  in  New  York,  brought  to  the  Seminary 
the  experience  of  the  metropolitan  pulpit,  and  Dr.  Alex- 
ander, whose  great  characteristic  was  a  tender  regard 

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for  the  feelings  of  others,  a  ripe  scholarship  and  the  sim- 
plicity which  is  characteristic  of  most  profound  thinkers. 

Thomas  Chalmers  said : ' '  The  Heraldry  of  an  Institu- 
tion of  Learning  is  its  Alumni. ' '  And  perhaps  Dr.  Alex- 
ander 's  and  Dr.  Miller's  greatest  contribution  to  the 
Seminary  was  an  early  appreciation  of  Charles  Hodge. 
As  a  student,  he  developed  into  a  man  of  massive  learn- 
ing, sound  exegesis  and  great  skill  as  a  teacher.  I  am 
glad  to  allude  to  the  intimate  personal  friends  of  my 
father,  his  sons,  Archibald  Alexander  Hodge,  who  by  the 
flame  of  his  genius  made  even  the  darkest  theology  glow 
with  an  almost  supernatural  light,  and  Caspar  Wistar 
Hodge,  who  with  the  modesty  and  reserve  of  a  great 
scholar,  made  the  New  Testament  new  in  another  sense 
to  successive  classes  of  faithful  and  admiring  students. 

Just  as  a  faculty  may  be  judged  by  the  students,  the 
product  of  their  training,  so  the  trend  of  thought  in  the 
Seminary's  life  may  be  judged  by  the  contributions  of  its 
faculty  to  the  current  literature  of  the  day.  ' '  The  Biblical 
Eepertory,"  begun  in  1828,  gives  a  good  idea  of  Prince- 
ton's thought,  as  developed  during  the  sixteen  preceding 
years,  for  it  is  fair  to  assume  that  it  contained  the  ripe 
result  of  the  professors'  various  studies  during  that 
period.  I  call  your  attention  to  a  few  subjects  on  which 
they  wrote  in  the  earlier  numbers.  Dr.  Miller  wrote  a 
review  of  Cooke, ' '  On  the  Invalidity  of  Presbyterian  Or- 
dination", and  on  certain  extremes  in  pursuing  the  tem- 
perance cause,  which  recalls  the  fact,  that  in  one  of  his 
first  letters  after  arriving  in  Princeton,  he  offered  to  send 
Mrs.  Green,  through  President  Ashbel  Green,  some  very 
good  claret.  Another  subject  was  "Use  of  Liturgies," 
another  "Thoughts  on  Evangelizing  the  World,"  and  in 
1821  he  published  his  "Letters  on  TJnitarianism. "    The 

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following  were  contributed  by  Dr.  Alexander:  "The 
Bible  a  Key  to  the  Phenomena  of  the  Natural  World," 
"Priesthood  of  Christ,"  "  Pelagianism, "  "Inability  of 
Sinners,"  "Christian  Baptism,"  "Organization  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,"  "Character  of  the  Genuine 
Theologian,"  "Articles  of  the  Synod  of  Dort,"  "The 
Foundation  of  Opinions  and  the  Pursuit  of  Truth," 
"Melanchthon  on  Sin,"  "Catechism  of  the  Council  of 
Trent,"  "English  Dissenters,"  "Evidences  of  a  New 
Heart,"  "The  Scottish  Seceders,"  "Woods  on  Deprav- 
ity," "Symington  on  the  Atonement,"  "Practical  View 
of  Regeneration. ' '  His  books  on  the  Canon,  Moral  Sci- 
ence and  Religious  Experience,  will  not  be  forgotten.  It 
is  not  necessary  in  the  presence  of  such  an  audience  to 
comment  on  the  breadth  and  depth  of  these  topics. 

If  there  were  time  here  today,  we  might  leave  the 
beaten  tracks  of  those  days  and  hear  the  voices  of  the 
early  professors  speaking  through  their  students  in  quiet 
villages  and  lonely  hamlets,  on  frontiers  and  in  the  wil- 
derness, in  foreign  lands  and  at  home.  The  memory  of 
these  men  is  not  preserved  on  any  stone  or  monument. 
Nor  is  it  best  kept  alive  even  in  the  Seminary  so  beloved 
by  them,  but  in  the  truth  which  they  implanted  in  min- 
isters '  lives  and  handed  on  by  them  to  homes  widely 
scattered ;  to  burdened,  toiling,  sinning  men  and  women, 
to  whom  it  meant  pardon,  peace  and  eternal  hope;  to 
children  whose  plastic  lives  were  moulded ;  to  the  heathen 
world,  to  whom  it  came  as  the  shining  of  the  Star  of 
Bethlehem.  In  these  things  are  indelibly  written  the 
testimony  of  the  Church  and  of  the  world  to  the  founders 
of  this  Seminary. 

No  one  who  has  studied  the  history  of  this  great  school 
can  fail  to  be  impressed  by  the  sincere  fidelity  to  the  prin- 

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ciples  of  its  founders,  which  has  been  manifested  in 
those  who  succeeded  them.  There  are  many  who  do  not 
agree  with  these  principles,  but  they  must  be  constrained 
to  admire  this  tenacity  and  constancy,  considering  the 
atmosphere  of  unstable  equilibrium  in  which  the  theo- 
logical world  lives  and  moves. 

In  visiting  the  graveyard  here,  I  sometimes  think  that 
even  if  all  other  records  were  to  be  destroyed,  a  history 
of  Princeton  and  its  institutions,  might  almost  be  recon- 
structed from  the  inscriptions  on  those  venerable  tombs 
—the  tombs  of  presidents,  professors  and  other  benefac- 
tors who  did  loyal  service  to  the  Seminary  and  to  the 
University. 

There  is  one  group  of  graves  which  I  cannot  look  upon 
without  personal  emotion  and  unspeakable  sorrow  at  the 
loss  of  those,  all  of  whom  loved  Princeton,  and  of  some 
who  had  for  this  institution  a  paternal  as  well  as  a  filial 
affection.  It  is  a  comfort  and  encouragement  to  turn  to 
this  Seminary— a  living  monument  in  which  I  trust  my 
family  may  claim  a  share. 

One  does  not  have  to  be  a  professional  theologian  to 
be  aware  that  the  kind  of  thought  for  which  Princeton 
Seminary  has  always  stood  most  firmly  is  now  attacked 
persistently  from  many  quarters.  Voices  come  to  us 
from  across  the  sea  and  are  raised  here  at  home  telling 
us  that  the  sun  is  fast  setting  upon  the  old  faith,  and  that 
the  doctrines  taught  here  will  pass  away  like  those  of 
the  Athenian  and  Roman  schools.  It  may  be  said  that  in 
our  own  country  the  Seminary  stands  in  a  somewhat  iso- 
lated position.  Isolation  has  been  the  portion  of  the 
exponents  of  truth  in  all  ages.  Although  not  an  expert 
in  these  things,  I  venture  to  predict  that  if  the  sort  of 
theology  which  is  taught  here  should  die,  and  if  its  en- 

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emies  should  grant  it  decent  burial,  like  the  Lord  of  Life 
Himself,  it  will  have  a  triumphant  resurrection. 

Yet  even  if  these  sinister  prophecies  of  the  foes  of 
Princeton  theology  should  be  fulfilled  to  the  uttermost, 
if  this  Seminary  should  perish  amid  the  ruins  of  its  great 
traditions,  I  should  wish  that  its  remains  might  be 
marked  and  made  memorable  by  a  Cross.  For  it  is  the 
Cross  which  has  been  the  inspiration  of  its  founders 
and  their  successors,  even  as  it  is  the  hope  and  the  glory 
of  this  passing  world.  For  the  gospel  which  it  teaches 
is  an  unconquerable  force.  The  Cross  which  it  uplifts  is 
the  world's  greatest  power.  And  by  the  gospel  of  the 
Cross,  this  Seminary  will  stand  in  spite  of  attack,  in 
spite  of  any  storm  of  criticism  or  unbelief  until  its  work 
is  done,  and  God  comes  to  take  the  talent  given  to  our 
fathers,  from  whom  we  have  received  it  with  its  increase, 
to  the  praise  of  His  eternal  glory. 


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ON  SOME  CHURCH  PROBLEMS 

ADDRESS 

BY  THE  EIGHT  EEVEEEND  ALEXANDEE  STEWART,  MA.,  D.D. 

Principal  of  St.  Mary's  College  and 

Primarius  Professor  of  Divinity  in  the  University  of  St.  Andrews 

Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Church  of  Scotland 

Professors  and  Members  of  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary: 

MANY  honours  and  privileges  have  fallen  to  my  lot 
since  I  was  called  to  occupy  the  chair  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  the  Church  of  Scotland  in  May  of  last 
year,  but  few  indeed  rank  as  highly  in  my  estimation  as 
the  honour  and  privilege  you  have  so  graciously  con- 
ferred upon  me  in  inviting  me  to  be  present  at  your  One- 
hundredth  Anniversary  Celebration  and  to  represent  one 
of  the  great  divisions  of  our  Scottish  Christianity  on  this 
occasion.  I  beg  to  offer  you  most  sincere  congratulations 
both  on  my  own  behalf,  on  behalf  of  the  Faculty  of 
Divinity  of  St.  Andrews,  Scotland's  most  ancient  Uni- 
versity, and  of  the  Church  of  Scotland. 

A  hundred  years  does  not  seem  a  long  time  in  the  life 
of  an  institution  but  there  is  ample  room  in  the  course  of 
it  for  the  emergence  of  great  spiritual  forces,  the  attain- 
ment of  wide  influence  and  the  achievement  of  much 
practical  good.  I  am  sure  you  feel  that  you  can  look 
back  upon  it  with  pride  and  satisfaction  and  with  deep 
thankfulness  to  God  who  has  guided  you  so  far  on  your 
way.  I  do  not  need  to  assure  you  that  the  name  of 
Princeton  is  well-known  and  highly  honoured  far  beyond 
the  bounds  of  this  country  and  wherever  Protestant 

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Christianity  is  understood  and  valued.  In  Britain  and 
especially  in  Scotland  the  theological  teaching  of  Prince- 
ton is  regarded  as  one  of  the  noblest  examples  of  ad- 
herence to  a  clear  and  definite  expression  of  the  Christian 
faith.  It  is  not  necessary  to  agree  with  all  its  tenets  or 
even  to  occupy  the  same  fundamental  position  in  order  to 
appreciate  its  value.  To  those  of  us  who  hold  that  truth 
has  many  sides  and  that  the  full-orbed  truth  can  only  be 
attained  by  a  combination  of  these  different  aspects,  it  is 
most  instructive  and  helpful  to  have  any  of  these  clearly 
set  forth,  and  embodied  in  suitable  forms.  It  is  refresh- 
ing amidst  the  jar  and  conflict  of  modern  thought  to  find 
one  school  and  succession  of  teachers  who  have  main- 
tained with  practically  entire  consistency  a  testimony  to 
one  system  of  thought  worked  out  with  logical  complete- 
ness and  forming  the  inspiration  of  a  very  noble  type  of 
piety. 

Prom  the  time  when  it  was  founded  by  the  General  As- 
sembly of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  1812,  Princeton 
has  stood  for  a  close  adherence  to  the  Westminster  Con- 
fession of  Faith.  All  its  great  names  have  been  asso- 
ciated with  this  fundamental  position.  From  its  first 
head,  Dr.  Archibald  Alexander,  conspicuously  in  the 
teaching  of  Dr.  Charles  Hodge,  and  down  to  the  present 
day,  its  teachers  have  been  faithful  to  the  task  originally 
committed  to  them.  This  task  as  I  have  said,  even  in 
the  view  of  those  who  cannot  altogether  accept  the  con- 
clusions to  which  the  teaching  of  these  eminent  theo- 
logians points,  is  yet  extremely  valuable  as  representing 
one  side  at  least  of  that  all-inclusive  truth  which  all 
theology  worthy  of  the  name  desires.  In  many  ways  we 
in  the  East  may  have  departed  somewhat  from  the  strict- 
est form  of  Calvinism,  but  we  all  honour  John  Calvin, 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

of  keen  intellect,  logical  precision  and  dauntless  courage, 
and  while  declining  to  follow  them  in  every  jot  and  tittle, 
we  all  honour  the  Westminster  Standards  as  one  of  the 
most  remarkable  intellectual  structures  based  upon 
Scripture  and  making  a  generous  use  of  reason  and 
philosophy  that  the  modern  world  has  seen.  It  has  to  be 
remembered  that  the  Westminster  Standards  had  to  pre- 
sent a  solution  of  many  questions  for  which  it  may  be 
the  material  was  not  yet  available.  Such  solution  was 
demanded  of  them  by  their  age  and  unless  they  at- 
tempted to  supply  it,  they  would  have  been  regarded  as 
altogether  defective.  It  did  not  follow  therefore,  that 
the  solution  supplied  to  such  questions  was  absolutely 
the  best— it  was  only  the  best  possible  at  that  time.  We 
need  not  be  surprised  that  much  material  has  since  accu- 
mulated which  the  Westminster  Divines  could  not  antici- 
pate, and  indeed  that  many  questions  have  emerged 
which  then  lay  wholly  below  their  horizon.  That  is  our 
justification  for  saying  that  while  we  hold  the  Westmin- 
ster Standards  in  the  highest  respect,  we  can  not  admit 
that  they  are  the  last  word  in  theology,  and  that  theologi- 
cal science  has  no  new  treasures  as  well  as  old  to  bring 
forth  to  the  world. 

I  trust  I  may  not  be  misunderstood  in  making 
these  remarks.  I  am  quite  sure  that  you  would  not 
wish  me  to  pay  a  compliment  to  Princeton  at  the 
expense  of  the  honesty  of  my  own  convictions.  Fortu- 
nately, I  do  not  need  to  sacrifice  the  one  to  the  other  as 
I  very  sincerely  respect  the  Seminary,  its  founders  and 
representatives  and  believe  in  the  very  great  value  of  its 
teaching  although  unable  to  rank  myself  among  its  clos- 
est disciples.  I  should  like  in  this  connection  to  make 
special  reference  to  Dr.  Charles  Hodge  whose  life-work 

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was  an  example  to  all  earnest  workers  in  the  theological 
field ;  his  untiring  industry,  his  vast  learning  and  pene- 
trating intellect  made  him  indeed  one  of  the  prophets 
of  this  school  and  his  work  has  influenced  many  who 
again  have  not  accepted  all  his  conclusions.  His  stupen- 
dous work  on  Systematic  Theology  with  its  admirable 
arrangement,  its  careful  array  of  argument  on  this  side 
and  the  other  and  its  clear-cut  and  unambiguous  style 
must  be  at  once  the  admiration  and  the  envy  of  all  who 
are  engaged  in  the  same  field.  His  beautiful  life  at 
Princeton  both  in  public  and  private  and  the  influence  he 
wielded  over  so  many  young  minds  and  through  them 
over  the  thought  and  culture  of  this  whole  country  are  no 
less  deserving  of  attentive  and  reverential  respect.  I 
never  knew  him  except  through  his  works,  but  I  had  the 
pleasure  on  my  last  visit  to  this  country  of  meeting  with 
his  nephew  who  was  then  a  professor  at  Lincoln  Univer- 
sity. On  the  same  occasion  I  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting 
here  Dr.  W.  H.  Green,  as  also  your  President  and  another 
who  is  still  spared  to  be  one  of  the  great  ornaments  of 
your  Seminary,  Dr.  Benjamin  B.  Warfield  whose  work 
upon  the  Westminster  Symbols  cannot  be  sufficiently 
valued  and  admired. 

I  have  thought  that  instead  of  expatiating  upon  mat- 
ters which  are  familiar  to  you  all,  with  which  indeed  you 
must  be  better  acquainted  than  I  can  possibly  be,  it 
would  be  of  more  interest  to  you  were  I  to  touch  upon 
one  or  two  of  the  prominent  phases  of  our  Church  life 
at  home  particularly  those  which  are  attracting  atten- 
tion at  the  present  time. 

In  the  forefront  of  these  must  undoubtedly  be  placed 
the  question  of  the  union  of  the  Church  of  Scotland  and 
the  United  Free  Church.    For  many  years  the  desire  for 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

union  has  been  in  the  air,  and  since  the  accomplishment 
of  that  between  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland  and  the 
United  Presbyterian  Church  the  desire  has  been  deep- 
ened and  accentuated.  On  the  one  hand  there  has  been 
a  profound  sense  of  the  disadvantage  which  separation 
entails,  the  waste  of  resources,  the  overlapping  of  agen- 
cies, often  the  display  of  a  spirit  of  emulation  and 
rivalry  unworthy  of  great  Christian  communities,— on 
the  other  hand  the  advantages  of  a  strong  National 
Church,  carefully  organized,  giving  its  witness  with 
definiteness  and  firmness,  able  to  make  its  voice  heard  in 
all  matters  of  social  interest  and  importance,  and  to 
exercise  a  powerful  influence  in  the  National  Councils 
has  moved  as  an  ideal  before  the  minds  of  many.  For 
two  years  strong  Committees  of  the  two  Churches  have 
been  considering  together  the  causes  which  prevent 
union,  and  have  done  a  most  valuable  work  in  formu- 
lating the  position  of  each  Church  in  regard  to  those 
questions  in  which  conciliation  and  compromise  are  nec- 
essary before  any  project  of  union  can  be  entered  into. 
Since  arriving  in  this  country  I  have  observed  from  the 
newspapers  that  communications  have  been  taking  place 
between  the  two  Committees  embodying  a  plan  by  which 
these  questions  may  be  dealt  with  and  possibly  disposed 
of.  So  far  as  I  am  aware  the  scheme  thus  propounded 
leaves  many  unsettled  questions  for  subsequent  discus- 
sion and  adjustment.  But  that  such  approaches  have 
been  made  and  have  been  most  cordially  hailed  on  both 
sides  as  a  step  in  the  right  direction  is  of  happy  augury 
for  the  future  of  the  movement.  The  desire  for  union 
is  a  most  natural  and  proper  one  and  in  harmony  with 
the  whole  spirit  of  our  religion.  Religion  is  life,  and  the 
essense  of  the  religious,  of  the  Christian  life  is  love,— 

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and  love  draws  together,  makes  one.  Then  a  powerful 
motive  in  the  same  direction  is  the  need  for  combination 
for  practical  work.  There  is  much  for  the  church  to  do 
and  it  can  best  be  done  by  common  effort.  Union  is 
strength,  division  wastes  strength.  No  wonder  that, 
apart  from  what  has  been  construed  as  the  intention  and 
desire  of  the  Saviour  himself,  the  vision  of  unity  has 
been  cherished  by  all  good  men.  It  might  be  questioned 
indeed  whether  in  a  condition  short  of  the  millennium, 
complete  unity  of  organization  would  be  a  good  thing  for 
the  church  as  a  whole.  Whether  it  would  not  as  in  the 
past  be  a  temptation  rather  than  an  advantage  to  her 
and  lead  to  countless  abuses,  to  tyrannies,  and  to  the 
re-establishment  of  such  a  politico-religious  machine  as 
we  see  exemplified  in  the  Church  of  Rome,  where  the 
organization  is  stronger  than  the  men  who  work  it  and 
moves  on  by  an  inertia  of  its  own,  impervious  to  the 
suggestion  of  reform  and  pursuing  ends  which  have  been 
found  in  the  past  inimical  to  the  liberties  and  the  social 
advancement  of  men.  But  we  may  be  quite  certain  that 
a  true  union,  one  beneficial  in  all  respects  can  only  be  the 
outcome  of  a  feeling  of  unity,  a  sense  of  oneness  in  feel- 
ing, in  aim,  in  conviction.  Therefore  it  has  always 
seemed  to  me  that  the  first  step  should  be  co-operation 
in  all  possible  directions.  We  should  certainly  have  for 
example,  common  action  in  regard  to  home  and  foreign 
missions.  This  might  lead  to  federation  and  then  when 
the  members  of  the  different  Churches  felt  themselves 
so  far  at  one,  they  might  fairly  say,  Why  should  we 
remain  apart,  why  should  we  keep  up  separate  organiza- 
tions? Let  us  unite  and  let  our  outward  union  be  the 
symbol  and  the  consequence  of  our  felt  unity  of  spirit. 
Whether  this  will  be  the  course  actually  pursued  on  the 

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present  occasion  or  not,  it  seems  difficult  to  see  how  by 
any  other  method  a  healthy  union  can  be  brought  about, 
—one,  that  is,  which  shall  be  a  union  of  hearts. 

There  are  obviously  one  or  two  dangers  to  which  such 
a  movement  is  exposed  and  which  must  be  carefully 
guarded  against.  All  human  motives  are  not  the  highest 
and  most  human  action  proceeds  from  motives  in  which 
the  higher  mingle  with  lower  elements.  One  motive 
which  may  enter  in  here  is  the  desire  for  power— power 
it  may  be  of  the  individual,  it  may  be  of  a  party  or  school 
of  thought.  A  united  Church  can  do  things  on  a  bigger 
scale,  it  affords  a  wider  sphere  for  the  energies  and  am- 
bitions of  its  ministers  and  members,  an  impulse  set 
agoing  within  it  affects  a  wider  area,  the  men  who  lead 
it  bulk  more  largely  in  the  view  of  the  general  commu- 
nity, and  it  may  be  that  the  zeal  of  men  more  or  less 
consciously  influenced  by  such  dreams  will  urge  the 
movement  on  perhaps  faster  than  it  should  go. 

Another  ground  on  which  union  receives  support  from 
many  is  probably  indifference  to  the  distinctive  prin- 
ciples which  the  Churches  represent.  It  was  the  zeal  of 
our  forefathers  often  manifested  no  doubt  in  regard  to 
minor  points  of  belief  and  practice,  often  expressed  far 
too  dogmatically  and  enforced  with  bitterness  that  cre- 
ated the  lines  which  divide  us :  it  is  an  indifference  per- 
haps equally  excessive  and  unwise  that  would  altogether 
give  them  up.  The  violence  of  controversy  in  the  older 
days  seems  often  to  us  in  inverse  proportion  to  the  im- 
portance of  the  views  and  opinions  in  regard  to  which  it 
concerned  itself.  We  are  tempted  to  go  to  the  opposite 
extreme.  There  may  seem  to  us  nothing  worth  fighting 
about,  wherefore  since  union  would  be  pleasanter  and 
bring  with  it  many  contingent  advantages,  let  us  all  be 

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one,  let  us  sink  our  differences  which  have  no  longer  any 
real  meaning  for  us. 

These  seem  to  me  to  be  the  dangers  to  which  the  move- 
ment towards  union  is  exposed— that  its  ends  may  be 
missed  and  its  benefits  forfeited  when  it  is  sought  on  any 
other  ground  than  love  and  confidence  and  general  agree- 
ment. 

But  while  I  point  out  these  dangers  I  would  not  forget 
the  great  company  of  those  who  untouched  by  indiffer- 
ence, or  by  ambition,  desire  union  for  the  good  of  the 
Churches  and  the  advancement  of  the  Kingdom  of  God 
among  men.  They  find  it  quite  compatible  with  a  sin- 
cere attachment  to  religion  to  recognise  the  distinction 
between  the  non-essential  and  the  essential  and  to  post- 
pone the  former  to  the  latter,  the  secondary  to  the  pri- 
mary elements  of  the  faith,  that  which  they  hold  in 
common  with  others  being  in  their  view  more  important 
than  the  things  which  divide  brethren  in  Christ.  We  feel 
that  it  is  the  maintenance  of  this  attitude  which  really 
makes  for  the  ultimate  union  of  the  Churches,  and  as  I 
understand  that  questions  of  union  or  reunion  are  not 
unknown  among  those  whom  I  am  addressing  I  trust 
that  this  brief  indication  of  the  position  in  Scotland  may 
not  be  without  interest  or  profit  to  you. 

One  of  the  most  important  developments  in  the  life  of 
the  Churches  in  Scotland  and  especially,  I  think  I  may 
say,  in  that  Church  which  I  specially  represent,  is  the  in- 
creasing interest  in  what  is  known  as  social  work.  It  has 
indeed  in  recent  years  engaged  the  attention  of  many 
of  the  most  thoughtful  and  devoted  members  of  all  the 
Churches.  It  is  an  earnest  and  not  altogether  unsuccess- 
ful attempt  to  cope  with  the  problems  of  poverty  and 
vice  which  are  so  rife  in  our  midst.    It  was  a  most  happy 

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utterance  of  one  of  the  most  able  Scottish  preachers  of 
the  last  generation  when  he  said  that  to  the  Church  mili- 
tant there  should  be  added  the  Church  beneficent,  and 
long  may  it  be  true  of  the  Church  of  Christ  that  its  peo- 
ple look  not  only  on  their  own  things  but  on  the  things  of 
others  and  continue  to  provoke  one  another  to  love  and 
to  good  works.  That  such  efforts  after  the  amelioration 
of  our  social  system  should  proceed  from  the  bosom  of 
the  Churches  and  be  stimulated  by  the  faith  and  love 
there  engendered  is  only  what  was  to  be  looked  for.  It 
must  be  a  question  however  whether  such  work  can  be 
carried  out  to  its  full  extent  by  means  of  the  organization 
which  the  Churches  can  supply.  However  successful  the 
philanthropic  efforts  which  have  already  been  set  on  foot 
may  have  been,  I  mean  our  "labour  homes"  and  other 
similar  institutions,  it  is  admitted  that  they  only  touch 
the  fringe  of  a  great  difficulty.  They  have  given  an 
impulse,  they  have  shown  the  way,  they  may  serve  as 
models  for  further  effort.  But  it  is  a  question  whether 
when  the  problem  comes  to  be  attacked  on  a  commanding 
scale  the  methods  at  present  in  use  will  prove  adequate 
to  the  strain,  whether  in  fact  the  church  organization  is 
the  suitable  one  to  undertake  it.  Two  difficulties  seem  to 
me  to  emerge  here.  In  the  first  place  while  there  may  be 
found  in  the  Church  men  of  ability,  of  organizing  power, 
of  personal  devotion,  willing  to  give  gratuitous  service 
in  order  to  set  on  foot  institutions  of  the  kind  here  and 
there  throughout  the  country,  the  work  is  too  great  for 
sporadic  effort  and  the  peculiarly  church  organizations 
are  not  adapted  to  carry  it  on.  It  may  be  under  the 
auspices  of  a  Presbytery  and  blessed  by  a  General  As- 
sembly but  it  is  by  a  Committee  generally  consisting  of 
laymen  and  generally  self-constituted  that  the  actual 

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work  is  done.  It  may  be  said  to  be  the  work  of  the 
Church  in  so  far  as  the  workers  are  church  members  and 
are  willing  to  place  that  work  as  it  were  to  the  Church's 
credit. 

In  the  second  place  similar  work  may  be  undertaken 
by  different  Churches  and  carried  on  by  them  indepen- 
dently of  one  another.  That  it  should  be  so  is  a  distinct 
loss.  It  is  a  loss  to  its  systematic  prosecution  and  to  its 
effectiveness.  The  divisions  of  our  Churches  are  here  a 
distinct  hindrance  to  good  work.  It  is  better  that  all 
such  work  of  the  same  kind  should  be  carried  on  by  the 
same  organization  except  in  so  far  as  it  can  be  locally 
distributed.  The  tendency  will  be  for  those  engaged  in 
it  to  draw  nearer  to  one  another  notwithstanding  the 
separative  influence  of  ecclesiastical  connection.  One 
remedy  is  no  doubt  the  union  of  the  Churches,  another 
which  will  probably  come  first,  is  the  separation  of  this 
work  and  its  management  from  official  connection  with 
any  special  Church.  If  we  look  at  the  history  of  the 
church  in  the  past  we  see  how  all  inclusive  the  church 
once  was.  Philosophy,  art  and  such  rudimentary  science 
as  then  existed,  found  in  it  not  only  a  patron  but  a  home. 
One  by  one  they  gradually  emancipated  themselves  from 
her  dominance  and  assumed  first  semi-independence, 
then  altogether  independent  positions.  As  with  the  in- 
tellectual, so  it  may  be  with  the  practical  departments 
of  human  activity.  These  also  may  emancipate  them- 
selves from  the  control  of  the  Church,  though  they  have 
been  nurtured  and  grown  so  far  to  maturity  under  her 
care.  The  great  questions  of  temperance,  of  peace  and 
of  social  well-being  will  probably  give  rise  in  the  future 
to  organizations  of  an  extent  and  complexity  not  yet 
experienced  and  so  as  to  be  beyond  the  power  of  the 

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Churches  themselves  to  manage,  while  when  separated 
from  the  Churches  they  may  be  neither  altogether  for- 
getful of  their  origin,  nor  ungrateful  for  the  help  which 
when  most  needed  was  so  willingly  given.  It  is  indeed 
an  instance  of  that  division  of  labour,  of  that  specialisa- 
tion, which  is  the  note  of  the  best  work  in  these  days. 

What  we  seem  in  these  respects  to  be  moving  towards 
is  a  Church  engaged  first  and  foremost  in  its  purely  reli- 
gious work  of  prayer  and  exhortation,  of  caring  for  the 
souls  of  men  and  by  its  witness  to  God  and  salvation 
bringing  an  ideal  element  into  their  lives.  So  that  while 
" knowledge  grows  from  more  to  more,"  there  may 
"more  of  reverence  in  us  dwell."  The  arrangements  of 
the  Church  must  have  these  ends  primarily  in  view.  Its 
message  should  be  one  of  love  to  man  as  well  as  love  to 
God,  and  this  would  remain  the  case  even  though  it 
should  find  it  desirable  and  even  necessary  to  delegate  to 
appropriate  organizations  the  carrying  out  of  that  prac- 
tical work  of  which  it  would  remain  the  preacher  and  the 
inspirer  even  as  it  had  been  in  earlier  times  the  pioneer. 
Its  members  would  join  one  or  other  of  these  organiza- 
tions according  as  their  special  sympathies  led  them. 
In  reality,  as  inspiring  and  helping  on  all  movements 
towards  good  ends,  the  Church  would  make  these  but 
branches  of  its  own  activity  and  thus  would  regain  in 
effect  its  ancient  ideal  of  supremacy  over  all  manifesta- 
tions of  human  thought  and  action.  But  its  rule  would 
be  no  longer  political  or  administrative  but  moral,  and 
occupying  such  a  position,  ceasing  to  entangle  itself  with 
controversies  whether  on  doctrinal  or  practical  points,  it 
might  readily  and  safely  become  one  in  outward  order. 
Within  it  might  be  intellectual  differences  but  also  an 
assured  liberty.    It  would  live  for  the  highest  welfare  of 

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man,  it  would  seek  to  consecrate  all  man's  activities  to 
the  glory  of  God. 

With  regard  to  the  important  question  of  doctrine,  I 
do  not  know  that  there  is  anything  very  new,  as  there  is 
certainly  nothing  very  startling  to  report.  It  is  quite  pos- 
sible that  the  whole  situation  would  appear  to  you  some- 
what chaotic.  The  centre  of  gravity  has  on  the  whole 
somewhat  shifted  from  the  intellectual  cultivation  of 
Christianity  to  the  endeavour  to  realise,  on  the  one  side,  its 
spiritual  life,  and  on  the  other,  its  practical  requirements. 
I  speak  mainly  for  my  own  Church,  but  I  think  that  my 
words  are  applicable  to  the  entire  position  of  religious 
life  in  Scotland.  We  have  had  of  late  no  heresy  hunts ; 
the  various  doctrinal  tendencies  at  work  among  us 
have  had  free  scope  for  their  development.  We  have 
what  we  may  call  High  Churchmen  laying  stress  upon 
the  continuity  of  the  Church 's  history  and  upon  the  Sac- 
raments as  the  nourishment  of  the  Church's  life.  We 
have  Broad  Churchmen  representing  a  more  ethical  form 
of  Christianity  but  still  recognising  as  the  inspiration  of 
Christian  life  the  spirit  and  example  of  the  Master.  We 
have  the  Evangelical  with  his  more  or  less  spiritual 
forms  of  preaching  and  worship  bearing  his  witness  to 
some  of  the  central  truths  of  traditional  orthodoxy.  The 
Church  of  Scotland  two  or  three  years  ago  altered  its 
formula  of  subscription  to  the  Confession  of  Faith  mak- 
ing it  much  simpler  and  especially  doing  away  with  the 
somewhat  provocative  sentence  of  the  older  formula 
which  required  a  man  to  acknowledge  the  Confession  as 
the  Confession  of  "my  faith."  It  is  still  doubtful  what 
the  result  of  this  movement  may  be.  At  first  sight  it 
would  seem  to  encourage  a  freer  attitude  towards,  and 
perhaps  a  more  hostile  criticism  of,  the  Confession  of 

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Faith.  But  on  the  other  hand,  the  slackening  of  the 
chain  may  result  in  greater  steadiness  of  progress  since 
there  is  always  an  impulse  to  proceed  in  the  opposite 
direction  when  it  is  felt  that  too  great  pressure  is  being 
used  to  maintain  a  certain  course.  It  may  be  that  under 
the  relaxed  formula  orthodoxy  may  regain  some  of  its 
lost  influence  and  attractiveness.  It  is  questionable  if 
the  legal  situation  is  really  changed.  The  Church  under 
the  new  formula  is  bound  to  the  Confession  of  Faith  as 
the  Confession  of  its  faith  and  is  no  doubt  morally  as 
well  as  legally  required  to  maintain  discipline  in  this 
respect  among  its  ministers  and  teachers.  Its  doctrine 
must  remain  fairly  within  the  lines  of  the  Confession  of 
Faith  liberally  interpreted  and  it  may  be  said  that  any 
other  course  might  not  only  raise  legal  difficulties  but 
would  be  at  variance  with  what  may  be  regarded  as  the 
general  standard  of  opinion  and  feeling  within  the 
Church  itself.  The  conviction  has  no  doubt  been  firmly 
impressed  upon  many  of  the  most  thoughtful  among  us, 
that  as  there  are  many  men,  many  minds,  there  can  never 
be  even  with  the  greatest  unity  of  organization  complete 
uniformity  in  thinking.  There  will  always  be  divergent 
views  and  opinions,  and  these  will  be  held  with  more  or 
less  tenacity.  We  would  frankly  recognise  that  different 
Churches,  different  Church  systems,  different  forms  of 
worship,  are  adapted  to  different  peoples  and  to  those 
of  varying  temperament  among  the  same  people.  We 
can  only  approach  the  gate  of  God  by  the  pathway  which 
leads  from  our  own  special  nature  to  Him.  We  do  not 
start  from  the  same  point  as  others,  we  do  not  pursue  the 
same  road,  though  we  may  in  the  end  reach  the  same 
goal.  These  considerations  raise  a  problem  of  which  it 
may  be  suggested  that  the  solution  will  be  found  not  only 

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in  the  growth  of  a  spirit  of  toleration  so  that  I  will  fully 
and  frankly  recognise  that  you  have  as  full  a  right  to 
your  opinion  as  I  have  to  mine,  that  each  of  us  may  hold 
firmly  to  his  own  view  and  neither  interfere  with  the 
other,  but  in  an  increase  of  mutual  understanding,  of 
intellectual  sympathy,  which  will  enable  me  to  bear  with 
opinions  which  are  at  variance  with  my  own  because  I 
see  how  they  have  been  arrived  at  and  on  what  grounds 
it  is  possible  to  hold  them  without  their  being  condemned 
as  arbitrary  or  irrational.    Christian  knowledge  and  be- 
lief is  like  a  tree  which  has  mighty  limbs,  many  branches 
and  innumerable  twigs  and  stems.    Now  if  the  extremity 
of  such  a  twig  or  stem  represents  the  doctrinal  position 
of  one  man  or  section  of  men  the  other  extremities  will 
represent  the  positions   of   other  men  or  schools   of 
thought.    It  is  then  possible  by  tracing  the  lines  of  devel- 
opment backward  as  it  were  to  see  clearly  the  points  at 
which  divergences  which  are  so  apparent  first  took  place 
and  how  they  came  to  be  what  they  are.    First,  you  have 
the  great  lines  of  cleavage,  then  the  adoption  of  the  more 
important  principles  in  the  guidance  of  thought,  then 
the  preference  accorded  to  the  principles  of  less  weight 
and  degree  of  certainty  until  you  come  down  to  the  indi- 
vidual position.    To  understand  the  genealogy  of  beliefs 
in  this  way  not  only  enables  us  to  hold  our  own  position 
more  definitely  and  intelligently,  but  to  understand  and 
allow  for  the  positions  of  others  as  we  see  how  these  have 
been  arrived  at.    When  controversy  occurs  it  will  also 
be  more  intelligent  for  it  is  useless  to  contend  about 
minor  points  when  the  attitudes  of  the  combatants  are 
fundamentally  opposed.    We  must  first  see  where  the 
root-opposition  lies  and  we  may  then  argue  the  question 
out  more  successfully.    But  in  proportion  as  the  distinc- 

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tion  is  recognised  between  the  primary  and  secondary  in 
doctrine,  the  more  men  feel  themselves  in  sympathy  on 
the  great  principles  of  Christianity,  the  more  will  they 
be  able  to  bear  with  one  another  however  sincerely  they 
may  hold  to  the  points  on  which  nevertheless  they  cannot 
help  but  differ. 

But  it  is  time  to  draw  these  somewhat  discursive  ob- 
servations to  a  close.  In  what  I  have  said  I  must  be 
understood  as  speaking  mainly  for  myself.  I  would  not 
have  my  Church  understood  as  committed  to  any  of  my 
statements  as  such,  though  I  have  endeavoured  to  inter- 
pret what  I  understand  to  be  her  attitude  as  nearly  and 
clearly  as  I  can.  Every  Church  has  its  difficulties  and 
problems  and  it  is  well  when  we  are  able  to  learn  some- 
thing from  each  other's  experience.  Though  separated 
by  the  ocean  I  have  no  doubt  that  you  and  we  have  much 
of  that  experience  in  common.  In  endeavouring  to  solve 
our  own  problem  we  are  indirectly  at  least  helping  to 
solve  those  of  others.  Each  of  us  represents  a  side  of 
truth,  each  of  us  has  to  deal  with  certain  aspects  of  prac- 
tical life,  we  each  put  our  trust  in  the  same  God  who 
rules  and  guides  the  world  and  the  hearts  of  men.  We 
each  glory  in  the  Christian  name,  and  profess  our  loyalty 
to  the  same  Lord  and  Master,  we  each  hold  fast  the  same 
hope  of  eternal  life  having  our  anchor  in  that  which  is 
within  the  veil.  The  more  therefore  we  can  feel  our 
oneness  in  thought  and  life  the  better  for  us  all.  We 
need  not  look  forward  with  misgiving,  our  faith  is  the 
substance  of  things  hoped  for,  the  proving  of  things  not 
seen.  That  our  aspirations  even  the  highest  of  them  will 
be  fulfilled  we  cannot  doubt;  the  end  will  be  attained 
though  as  yet  we  can  but  guess  at  the  way  in  which  it  may 
be  brought  about.    It  may  often  seem  as  if  the  founda- 

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tions  were  shaking  so  that  we  dread  to  part  with  the  old 
and  fail  to  bid  a  welcome  to  the  new,  when  it  is  only  an 
opening  of  fresh  channels  for  the  same  eternal  spirit. 
Let  us  not  be  wanting  in  faith  and  insight.  Sursum 
cor  da.  The  future  is  in  the  hands  of  One  whose  ways 
are  higher  than  our  ways  and  His  thoughts  than  our 
thoughts.  To  Him  be  glory  in  the  Churches  through 
Christ. 


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A  SCOTTISH  ESTIMATE  OF 
PRINCETON  THEOLOGY 

ADDRESS 

BY  THE  EIGHT  EEVEREND  JAMES  WELLS,  M.A.,  D.D. 

Minister  of  the  Pollokshields  West  Church,  Glasgow 

Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 

United  Free  Church  of  Scotland 

President  Patton,  Fathers  and  Brethren: 

ON  this  great  day  in  the  history  of  Princeton  I  have 
the  peculiar  honour  and  happiness  of  bringing  to 
you  the  warm  greetings  and  congratulations  of  the 
United  Free  Church  of  Scotland. 

During  the  last  hundred  years  Princeton  has  been  in 
fraternal  alliance  with  the  Scottish  Presbyterians.  Your 
Church  and  ours  are  equally  free,  but  you  were  free  born, 
while  our  fathers,  from  the  days  of  John  Knox,  had  to 
purchase  freedom  at  a  great  price.  In  1843  the  founders 
of  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland,  in  their  devotion  to  spir- 
itual independence  under  the  headship  of  Christ,  sev- 
ered their  connection  with  the  State.  Your  fathers  were 
then  among  the  most  generous  allies  of  the  Free  Church, 
and  the  memory  of  their  brotherly  kindness  is  still  grate- 
fully cherished  among  us.  Princeton,  too,  though  always 
sparing  of  such  honours,  gave  the  degree  of  D.D.  to 
twenty-one  of  the  leaders  of  the  Free  Church  when  the 
Universities  of  their  native  land  withheld  such  honours 
from  them.  Princeton  also  conferred  the  same  honour  on 
several  of  the  ministers  who,  in  1847,  formed  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Scotland.     No  other  Church 

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in  the  world  can  have  better  reasons  than  ours  for  rejoic- 
ing with  you  today  and  praying  for  your  prosperity.  In 
blood,  in  tongue,  in  creed,  in  aspiration  and  experience 
we  are  brothers.  It  is  only  the  intervening  ocean  which 
hinders  this  kinship  from  becoming  identity. 


PRESBYTERIANISM  AND  LIBERTY 

Presbyterian  Princeton  is  the  oldest  representative  in 
this  land  of  some  of  the  chief  forces  which  have  created 
and  nourished  the  greatest  republic  the  world  has  known. 
Your  ninety-two  millions  are,  beyond  all  comparison,  the 
largest  community  of  English-speaking  people  on  the 
face  of  the  earth.  Great  is  one's  surprise  in  discovering 
the  perfect  unanimity  of  many  famous  thinkers  regard- 
ing the  origin  of  your  republican  polity.  It  seems  that 
you  owe  this  boon  to  Calvinism. 

Bancroft  tells  us  that  "the  first  voice  in  favour  of  in- 
dependence came  from  the  Presbyterians".  He  adds 
that  "the  revolution  of  1776,  so  far  as  it  was  affected  by 
religion,  was  a  Presbyterian  measure".  You  will  not 
grudge  us  our  satisfaction  in  knowing  on  the  authority 
of  Chief  Justice  Tilgham  that  the  form  of  your  republic 
is  "borrowed  from  the  constitution  of  the  Church  of 
Scotland",  of  which  your  Church  is  a  genuine  daughter. 
Bancroft  and  d'Aubigne  unite  in  crowning  Calvin  as  the 
father  of  America.  Ranke  calls  Calvin  "the  virtual 
founder  of  America."  Taine  declares  that  Calvinism 
has  guaranteed  constitutional  liberty  to  mankind,  and  of 
Calvinists  he  says,  "These  men  founded  the  United 
States".  Thorold  "Rogers  asserts  that  "Calvinism  was 
the  pioneer  of  religious  liberty".    Lord  Morley  assures 

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us  that,  "To  omit  Calvinism  from  the  forces  of  western 
evolution  is  to  read  history  with  one  eye  shut".  Green 
the  historian  writes,  "It  was  Calvinism  that  first  re- 
vealed to  the  modern  world  the  dignity  and  worth  of 
man".  Mark  Pattison  says  that  Calvinism  saved  Eu- 
rope. It  is  thus  no  wonder  that  your  Declaration  of 
Independence  was  called  in  England  "the  Presbyterian 
Rebellion"  and  that  Horace  Walpole  then  intimated  in 
the  British  Parliament  that  "Cousin  America  had  run 
off  with  a  Presbyterian  Parson". 

These  impressive  testimonials  prove  that  religious  and 
civil  liberty  are  twins,  and  that  religious  liberty  is  the 
first  born,  and  the  maker  of  heroic  men. 

Your  Seminary  has  always  taught  that  the  church  of 
the  New  Testament  is  a  complete  spiritual  republic,  the 
freest  society  under  heaven,  the  parent  and  guardian  of 
liberty  and  order.  Presbyter ianism  is  republicanism 
applied  to  the  Church  and  republicanism  is  Presby- 
terianism  applied  to  the  State.  George  Buchanan,  the 
first  moderator  of  the  Church  of  Scotland,  and  Samuel 
Rutherford  in  his  "Lex  Rex"  expounded,  almost  three 
hundred  years  ago,  the  very  principles  which  lie  at  the 
foundation  of  our  government  and  yours.  These  prin- 
ciples teach  us  "to  honour  all  men",  and  to  foster  that 
love  of  liberty  and  resistance  to  oppression  which  are 
native  to  all  noble  hearts.  They  have  given  its  death- 
blow to  mediaeval  feudalism. 

Within  the  last  four  months  one-fourth  of  mankind 
has  avowedly  adopted  your  government  as  their  model. 
This  is  surely  one  of  the  most  momentous  events  of  mod- 
ern history.  By  and  by  the  Chinese  may  discover  how 
much  they  owe  to  Princeton  and  Scotland. 

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THE  EVOLUTION  OF  GOVERNMENT 

Surely  the  most  astounding  marvel  in  the  evolution  of 
government  is  the  fact  that  in  the  heart  of  the  cruellest 
military  despotism,  the  apostles  planted  a  common- 
wealth of  souls,  a  perfect  republic,  which  the  ingenuity 
of  nineteen  centuries  has  not  improved.  This  was  done 
on  behalf  of  a  society  which  embraced  many  slaves,  and 
when  the  greatest  sages  taught  that  slaves  had  neither 
souls  nor  civic  rights.  Moreover  this  new  society  created, 
even  in  slaves,  the  sense  of  manhood  and  freedom  and  the 
virtues  without  which  no  republic  can  truly  prosper. 
Here,  at  least,  the  church  is  not  behind  the  age.  In  this 
region  the  future  can  never  excel  the  past. 

These  facts  are  a  most  impressive  illustration  of  the 
widespread  civil  and  social  benefits  which  accompany 
and  flow  from  a  living  Christian  faith. 


THE  SCOTCH  AND  THE  SCOTO-IRISH 

I  feel  tempted  to  quote  the  recent  testimony  of  your 
ambassador  to  our  country,  the  Honourable  Whitelaw 
Reid,  in  praise  of  the  Scot  and  the  Ulster  Scot.  He  said 
in  Edinburgh,  "It  was  the  perfervid  Scot  that  sent  the 
flame  for  independence  through  every  colony  on  the  con- 
tinent, never  from  that  hour  to  die  out. ' '  Of  the  fifty-six 
men  who  framed  the  Declaration  of  Independence  eleven 
were  of  Scottish  descent.  When  they  hesitated,  Dr. 
Witherspoon,  a  genuine  Scot,  persuaded  them  to  sign  it. 
Of  the  college-bred  men  in  the  Convention  one-half  were 
Scots  or  Scoto-Irish.    Alexander  Hamilton,  your  Alex- 

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ander  the  Great,  the  f ramer  of  your  constitution,  was  the 
son  of  a  Scot.  The  Scottish  race  supplied  three  of  the 
four  members  of  Washington's  first  Cabinet,  two-thirds 
of  his  governors  of  States,  and  also  eleven  of  your  first 
twenty-five  presidents.  Their  influence  was  out  of  all 
proportion  to  their  numbers.  These  facts  justify  Dor- 
ner,  the  German  theologian,  in  saying  that  Presbyterian- 
ism  has  been  very  successful  in  training  men  in  patriot- 
ism, citizenship  and  the  duties  of  public  life. 

Moreover  the  church-doctrine  of  your  Princeton 
school  is  in  complete  harmony  with  the  teaching  of  Jesus 
Christ  and  His  apostles.  We  are  thus  the  real  Catholics. 
We  do  not  need  Christ 's  vicar  as  Christ  Himself  is  with 
us.  The  apostolic  church  had  no  room  for  any  official 
caste  of  so-called  priests.  Our  orders  are  for  order  only. 
We  are  persuaded  that  as  there  is  only  one  God,  so  there 
is  only  one  Mediator  between  God  and  men.  We  rejoice  in 
the  inspiring  truth  that  all  the  faithful  are  priests  unto 
God.  This  divine  democracy  secures  the  noblest  of  all 
aristocracies,  the  aristocracy  of  Christian  character  and 
service,  and  it  teaches  us  not  to  overvalue  the  aristocracy 
of  birth,  of  wealth,  or  of  intellect.  It  reminds  us  that  the 
king  and  the  beggar  are  made  of  the  same  clay  and  that, 
when  under  the  power  of  God's  grace,  they  equally  bear 
the  same  divine  stamp  and  superscription,  and  are  all 
united  in  a  sacred  brotherhood. 

We  may  thus  congratulate  ourselves  that  our  Presby- 
terianism  is  in  thorough  accord  with  the  aspirations 
after  liberty  and  unity  in  all  parts  of  the  world,  and  that 
it  can  live  and  thrive  amid  the  most  diverse  national  con- 
ditions. A  colonial  statesman  said  lately  that  it  stands 
well  the  test  of  pioneering.  The  secretary  of  the  Pan- 
Presbyterian  Alliance  reports  that  Presbyterianism  has 

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about  one  hundred  millions  of  adherents,  and  that  they 
speak  in  one  hundred  and  eighty  languages. 


CALVINISM 


Princeton  has  always  been  one  of  the  chief  strong- 
holds of  Calvinism.  As  we  call  no  man  master,  we  may 
justly  regret  the  habitual  use  of  Calvin's  name  in  this 
connection,  but  it  now  seems  unavoidable.  Eef  ormation 
divinity  is  often  called  Calvinism,  but  injuriously,  for  it 
claims  to  be  simply  the  divinity  of  the  New  Testament. 
It  professes  to  explain  God's  plan  so  far  as  He  has  re- 
vealed it  to  us.  Revelation,  however,  leaves  us  with  a 
large  margin  of  mystery.  It  was  Calvin 's  sole  aim  fairly 
to  interpret  at  once  the  Bible  and  Christian  experience. 
He  offers  us,  not  a  philosophy,  but  the  creed  of  one  who 
looks  at  all  things  under  the  aspect  of  eternity,  who  has 
been  overmastered  quite  by  Christ  as  his  Teacher,  Re- 
deemer and  Lord,  and  who  cherishes  a  noble  fear  lest  he 
should  ever  think  meanly  of  God.  His  theology  is  broad- 
based  upon  the  Scriptures,  and  its  keynote  is  in  these 
words,  " Man's  chief  end  is  to  glorify  God  and  to  enjoy 
Him  forever".  It  thus  does  justice  to  the  nobility  of 
man  as  made  by  God  and  for  God,  and  as  capable  of  being 
re-made  by  the  Spirit  of  God. 

Utterly  dependent  on  God  for  every  breath  we  draw 
and  every  morsel  of  bread  we  eat,  are  we  to  believe  that 
we  are  less  dependent  on  Him  for  the  life  of  the  soul  ?  The 
sovereignty  of  God  is  the  sovereignty  of  a  Father,  not 
the  capriciousness  of  an  eastern  despot.  It  is  the  love 
that  will  not  let  go.  Moreover,  grace  is  also  sovereign 
because  of  its  exceeding  and  unsearchable  riches.  With 
God,  the  past,  present  and  future  are  contemporaneous : 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

they  are  as  an  ever  present  now.  He  "will  have  all  men 
to  be  saved",  and  we  may  be  perfectly  sure  that  His  eter- 
nal decrees  are  not  at  strife  with  that  will. 


OUR  INTELLECTUAL  DIFFICULTIES 

The  greatest  of  all  problems  is  to  explain  how  the 
divine  and  human  wills  can  combine  and  co-operate.  But 
this  problem  does  not  confront  us  only  or  chiefly  in  the 
domain  of  theology.  Sir  William  Hamilton,  the  famous 
professor  of  Logic  in  Edinburgh,  often  told  us  that  no 
difficulty  of  this  sort  emerges  in  theology  which  had  not 
previously  emerged  in  philosophy,  and  that  we  could 
apprehend  with  certainty  many  things  which  we  could 
not  comprehend.  Historians  of  modern  thought  are  tell- 
ing us  that  idealists,  materialists,  moral  philosophers 
and  metaphysicians  are  now  more  disposed  than  for- 
merly to  confess  their  failure  to  reconcile  natural  neces- 
sity and  moral  freedom,  though  they  know  both  to  be 
real.  They  have  here  what  they  call  an  irreconcilable 
antinomy.  A  great  thinker  says,  "All  theory  is  against 
the  freedom  of  the  will,  and  all  experience  is  for  it". 
Freewill  itself  is  an  inexplicable  miracle.  Freewill  and 
predestination  form  an  arc  the  top  of  which  lies  beyond 
our  ken.  We  believe  that  the  two  sides  meet  somewhere, 
and  we  may  also  believe  that  they  are  wisest  who  are  as 
little  anxious  to  reconcile  them  as  Paul  was.  Theology 
has  neither  created  nor  increased  these  unescapable  diffi- 
culties. They  all  lead  up  to  the  problem  of  the  permis- 
sion of  evil  in  God's  world,  and  its  enticing  power— a 
stubborn  fact  over  which  men  have  brooded  since  think- 
ing began,  and  brooded  in  vain. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 
DR.    CHARLES   HODGE 

I  mention  Dr.  Charles  Hodge,  as  in  my  student  days 
he  was  the  best  known  in  Scotland  of  your  professors. 
Forty-five  years  ago,  in  company  with  Dr.  Patrick  Fair- 
bairn  and  Dr.  John  Hall,  then  of  Dublin,  I  visited 
Princeton  and  spent  a  whole  day  with  Dr.  Charles 
Hodge.  I  may  almost  claim  to  be  an  alumnus  of  Prince- 
ton, for  in  my  youth  I  read  and  margin-marked  the  three 
encyclopaedic  volumes  of  his  pellucid  * '  Systematic  The- 
ology". He  has  done  much  to  remove  objections  against 
our  creed,  and  to  propitiate  the  objectors.  He  loved  pa- 
cific more  than  polemic  divinity.  The  salvation  of  all 
children  dying  in  infancy  was  one  of  his  "oft  recurring 
fervours".  Believing  that,  in  the  theology  of  the  heart 
and  in  their  devotions,  all  sincere  Christians  are  one,  it 
was  a  joy  to  him  to  minimise,  so  far  as  he  could,  the  dif- 
ferences and  to  maximise  the  agreements  among  them. 
He  gladly  admits  that  the  evangelical  Calvinist  and  the 
evangelical  Arminian  are  usually  one  when  they  pray 
and  praise  and  preach,  and  two  only  when  they  dispute. 
His  son,  Dr.  A.  A.  Hodge,  at  the  close  of  his  "Evan- 
gelical Theology",  maintains  that  Calvin  alone  does  full 
justice  to  the  godward  and  the  manward  sides  of  the 
truth,  but  he  adds,  "The  difference  between  the  best  of 
Calvinists  and  Arminians  is  one  of  emphasis  rather  than 
of  essential  principle.  Each  is  the  complement  of  the 
other.  They  together  give  origin  to  the  blended  strain 
from  which  issues  the  perfect  music  which  utters  the 
perfect  truth".  Your  Whittier  happily  describes  such  a 
situation  when  he  says, 

"To  differ  is  not  crime ; 
The  varying  bells  make  up  the  perfect  chime. ' ' 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

The  theological  pendulum  keeps  swinging  between 
God's  sovereignty  and  man's  responsibility.  He  who  be- 
gins with  God  will  incline  to  Calvinism,  and  he  who 
begins  with  man  will  incline  to  Arminianism.  Armini- 
ans  would  say  that  man  is  saved  by  the  human  will  and 
the  divine :  we  would  say  that  he  is  saved  by  the  divine 
will  and  the  human.  But  we  cannot  hope  to  explain 
exactly  where  and  how  the  spirit  of  God  and  man's  spirit 
meet.  John  Newton  used  to  say,  "I  am  considered  an 
Arminian  among  high  Calvinists,  and  a  Calvinist  among 
strenuous  Arminians".  He  concluded  that  he  must 
therefore  be  near  the  centre  of  revealed  truth. 


THE   DECLARATORY   ACTS 

Your  Church  and  ours  have  recently  made  earnest  ef- 
forts to  remove  regrettable  impressions  concerning  the 
implications  or  supposed  implications  of  our  creed,  and 
to  bring  it  into  greater  and  more  obvious  harmony  with 
the  proportions  of  truth  in  the  Bible.    We  both  believe 
that  no  mere  human  confession  can  be  accepted  as  final 
and  permanent.    To  your  Confession  of  Faith  you  have 
accordingly  added  two  chapters  and  a  declaratory  state- 
ment.   Our  Declaratory  Acts  are  in  substantial  agree- 
ment with  yours.    They  set  forth  the  love  of  God— Fa- 
ther, Son  and  Holy  Spirit— to  all  mankind,  God's  gift 
of  His  Son  to  be  the  propitiation  for  the  sins  of  the  whole 
world,  and  a  salvation  sufficient  for  all,  adapted  to  all, 
and  freely  offered  to  all.     These  explanations  exclude 
every  view  that  would  hamper  any  one  in  urging  the 
general  offer  of  the  gospel.    We  rejoice  together  in  the 
revealed  things  which  belong  to  us  and  to  our  children 
for  ever,  while  we  pause  in  reverential  silence  before  the 

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secret  things  which  belong  to  the  Lord  our  God.  Assured 
that  the  veil  over  the  future  has  been  woven  by  the  hand 
of  love  and  leaving  all  these  deep  mysteries  to  the  justice 
and  mercy  of  God,  we  are  thankful  to  have  light  enough 
to  guide  our  feet,  while  there  is  darkness  enough  to  exer- 
cise our  faith.  We  frankly  recognise  that  we  must  often 
be  content  with  saying,  "I  do  not  know;  shall  not  the 
judge  of  all  the  earth  do  right?"  These  Declaratory 
Acts  have  added  to  the  many  evergrowing  streams  of 
tendency  which  are  now  making  for  the  union  of  all  the 
evangelical  Churches. 

If,  in  some  minds,  the  idea  still  lingers  that  our  Cal- 
vinistic  creed  fosters  gloom  and  fetters  the  evangel,  let 
us  appeal  to  the  facts.  At  the  close  of  the  eighth  chapter 
of  his  Epistle  to  the  Romans,  Paul  recites  his  creed.  He 
emphasises  God's  foreknowledge,  predestination,  effec- 
tual calling,  election,  and  the  final  perseverance  of  the 
saints,  and  he  closes  with  his  most  triumphant  "  Halle- 
lujah Chorus."  The  explanation  is  that  these  high  doc- 
trines are  our  Zion's  palaces  and  bulwarks,  that  God  is 
known  in  them  for  a  refuge,  that  they  are  ever  a  palisade 
around  the  fold  and  never  a  barricade  in  front  of  the 
door,  and  that,  by  making  grace  greater  and  surer,  they 
help  to  evangelise  the  heart  and  life.  There  must  be  some 
strange  mistake  when  these  themes  terrify. 

Need  I  enumerate  the  names  of  some  of  the  evangelists 
who  have  accepted  this  side  of  revealed  truth  as  frankly 
as  John  Calvin  did?  Among  them  are  John  Bunyan, 
your  President  Davies,  President  Jonathan  Edwards, 
Brainerd,  Elliot,  Nettleton,  Whitefield,  Chalmers,  Mc- 
Cheyne,  William  Burns,  Spurgeon  and  D.  L.  Moody. 
Did  their  theology  impoverish  their  evangelism?  Has 
not  John  Owen  said,  "God  doth  not  take  it  well  to  be 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

limited  in  anything,  least  of  all  in  His  grace"  %  Has  not 
an  old  evangelist  of  this  school  written, ' '  There  is  mercy 
enough  in  God,  merit  enough  in  Christ,  power  enough  in 
the  Spirit,  scope  enough  in  the  promises,  and  room 
enough  in  heaven  for  thee"? 

We  are  often  told  that  ours  is  a  transition  period  of 
feeble  convictions,  many  concessions,  and  manifold  self- 
indulgences.  Writers  of  many  schools  of  thought— 
Froude,  for  example— tell  us  that  Calvinism,  beyond 
every  other  creed,  has  been  the  mother  and  nurse  of 
heroic  men  and  women.  Do  we  not  need  to-day  a  large 
infusion  of  it  to  put  iron  into  our  blood  and  to  fortify 
ourselves  against  the  subtle  influences  which  threaten  to 
rob  us  of  many  of  the  noblest  fruits  of  the  Christian 
faith? 

THE  STORY  OF  YOUR  SEMINARY 

It  has  been  a  veritable  benediction  to  me  to  read  the 
lives  of  Archibald  Alexander,  Samuel  Miller,  and 
Charles  Hodge,  your  three  mighties,  who  were  all  cast  in 
the  amplest  moulds  of  nature  and  grace.  Might  not  one 
of  the  products  of  this  centenary  be  a  brief  popular  biog- 
raphy of  these  three  Greathearts  %  It  would  surely 
enrich  the  lives  of  your  students  to  have  their  souls  and 
imaginations  amply  furnished  with  such  beautiful  and 
inspiring  models.  My  acquaintance  with  their  careers 
lessened  my  surprise  when  I  read  that  upwards  of  one 
half  of  those  whose  names  are  in  the  American  "  Who's 
Who?"  have  been  reared  in  clerical  homes.  With  pe- 
culiar satisfaction  I  note  that  several  of  your  leaders 
have  been  the  founders  of  large  Levitical  families.  Some 
say  that  their  creed  was  too  stern,  but  it  was  a  life  as  well 
as  a  creed,  and  it  blossomed  and  brought  forth  fruits. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

The  doctrines  of  grace  created  in  them  the  graces  of  our 
holy  religion.  The  nobleness  of  their  lives  has  had  a 
supreme  reward,  for  it  gained  the  loyalty  of  their  chil- 
dren, their  grand-children,  and  their  great-grand-chil- 
dren. The  beauty  of  the  Lord  our  God  was  upon  them ; 
and  your  programmes,  this  audience,  this  palatial  Hall 
and  the  many  academic  buildings  around  declare  how 
God  has  established  the  work  of  their  hands. 

As  we  were  impressively  reminded  yesterday,  Prince- 
ton has  also  been  a  nursery  of  great  missionaries.  Many 
of  your  students  have  had  a  large  share  in  home  mission 
enterprises.  Two  of  them  were  the  founders  of  the 
"World's  Student  Christian  Federation",  while  over 
four  hundred  have  devoted  themselves  to  the  work  of 
Christ  in  non- Christian  lands,  and  God  has  granted  ex- 
ceptional success  to  many  of  them.  The  genius  of  this 
place  has  always  fostered  missionary  and  evangelistic 
zeal. 

THE  CHIEF  NEEDS  OF  OUR  AGE 

We  seem  to  have  greater  discouragements  and  greater 
encouragements  than  ever  before.  Modern  life  is  grow- 
ing more  intense  in  good  and  evil.  But  it  is  best  to  go  over 
the  ridge  at  once  and  pitch  our  tent  in  the  sunshine.  May 
we  not  regard  the  World  Missionary  Conference  held  in 
Edinburgh  in  June  1910  as  at  once  a  most  impressive 
exhibition  of  the  triumphs  of  the  gospel  beyond  any  or 
all  of  the  Oecumenical  councils  of  the  early  church,  and 
also  as  an  inspiring  summons  to  the  mighty  work  of 
evangelising  the  whole  world?  Great  enthusiasm  has 
been  evoked  by  the  Tercentenary  of  the  authorised  Eng- 
lish Bible,  and  its  amazing  and  evergrowing  circulation. 
Then,  practical  sympathy  with  the  struggling  millions  is 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

one  of  the  most  commanding  features  of  the  twentieth 
century.  May  we  not  hail  this  as  the  birth  time  of  a 
marvellous  era  in  which  the  people  of  America  and  Great 
Britain  shall  for  ever  renounce  war  as  a  means  of  set- 
tling disputes,  and  set  the  whole  world  a  crowning  exam- 
ple of  peace  on  earth  and  goodwill  to  men  ?  This  sacred 
cause  will  be  greatly  promoted  by  the  arrangements  al- 
ready made  for  celebrating,  on  Christmas  Eve  1914,  the 
Anglo-American  Peace  Centenary.  No  war  can  be  a  for- 
eign war  to  us  as  all  men  are  our  brothers.  For  all  these 
hopeful  signs  of  the  times,  let  us  thank  God  and  take 
courage.  Ours  is  a  storm-tossed  age,  but  the  ever-living 
Master  is  with  His  disciples  in  the  ship.  What  we  should 
dread  most  is  not  an  agitated  church,  but  a  becalmed 
church.  Some  are  advising  us  to  throw  over  a  part  of 
the  cargo,  but  that  would  not  help  us  to  weather  the  storm. 
Surely,  too,  the  competition  for  souls  is  keener  than 
ever,  keener  even  than  the  competition  for  gold.  Our 
age  demands  from  the  preacher  an  unhesitating  and  au- 
thoritative message,  intense  reality,  thorough  earnest- 
ness and  a  ceaseless  desire  to  reveal  the  supreme  claims 
of  Christ  and  the  manifold  winsomeness  and  gladness  of 
Christian  service.  While,  in  a  largely  secular  age,  so 
many  themes  are  clamouring  for  recognition  in  the  pul- 
pit, it  is  not  always  easy  for  the  preacher  to  put  first 
things  first,  and  rigidly  to  exclude  those  alien  subjects 
which  drain  his  energies  into  side  channels  and  weaken 
the  sense  of  what  is  vital.  We  must  remember  that  Chris- 
tianity requires  perpetual  propagation  to  attest  its  di- 
vine origin.  Unless  it  conquers  the  world  anew  in  every 
age,  the  church  must  be  the  affair  of  one  generation  only. 
Hence  the  preacher  must  be  ever  doing  the  work  of  an 
evangelist  and  fostering  the  passion  for  souls.    Let  us  be 

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fully  assured  that  deliverance  will  never  come  to  us  by 
putting  social  gospels  and  social  services  in  place  of  the 
evangel  of  Jesus  Christ.  Nothing  can  mend  the  world 
but  what  mends  the  spirits  of  men.  In  my  youth,  I  spent 
unforgettable  days  among  the  worst  of  our  outcasts. 
I  soon  discovered  that  those  who  expected,  attempted 
and  achieved  great  things  among  them  were  saturated 
with  the  apostolic  faith,  and  cherished  the  sacred  mission 
hunger,  rescuing  zeal  and  creative  spiritual  power.  Some 
of  them  had  a  real  genius  for  winning  souls,  and  refused 
to  despair  of  any.  I  believe  that,  under  heaven,  there  are 
no  more  beautiful  and  satisfying  spectacles  than  those 
of  men,  women  and  children  once  sunk  in  vice,  but  now 
uplifted  by  the  grace  of  God,  clothed  and  in  their 
right  mind,  and  surrounded  with  all  the  fruits  of  pros- 
perous industry.  These  modern  miracles  add  a  new 
charm  to  life,  for  by  them  the  greatest  Christians  are 
made  out  of  what  seems  the  poorest  human  stuff.  They 
assure  us  that  the  gospel  has  lost  none  of  its  ancient  power 
and  that  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles  has  not  yet  been 
rounded  with  its  final  Amen.  All  social  reformers  should 
study  these  words  of  our  Lord,  ' '  Seek  ye  first  the  king- 
dom of  God  and  his  righteousness,  and  all  these  things 
shall  be  added  unto  you"— given  into  the  bargain  as  sur- 
prising industrial,  civil  and  social  by-products,  given  as 
a  generous  bonus  of  earthly  goods.  Not  otherwise  can 
the  fallen  find  a  place  in  the  sun. 

Many  in  Scotland  deeply  feel  the  need  of  a  great  re- 
vival of  religion.  They  are  conferring  about  it  in  the  hope 
of  discovering  the  hindrances  and  having  them  removed. 
They  are  recalling  several  fruitful  revivals  in  our  land, 
and  specially  the  revival  which  visited  many  parts  of 
your  country  about  fifty  years  ago,  and  kindled  sacred 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

fires  in  Ireland  and  Scotland.  Many  among  us  are 
brooding  over  the  promises  concerning  the  Holy  Ghost 
whom  God  hath  given  to  them  that  obey  Him.  God  grant 
a  fresh  baptism  of  power  to  your  Church  and  to  ours. 

I  have  attended  all  the  gatherings  of  this  great  Fes- 
tival except  the  first.  I  was  privileged  to  address  the 
students  of  the  University  while  you  were  seated  at  the 
Lord's  table.  I  have  been  deeply  moved  by  the  words 
spoken  here,  by  the  sacred  songs  sung,  by  the  prayers 
offered,  by  the  audiences,  and  by  the  spiritual  atmo- 
sphere. Such  experiences  should  help  to  make  our  ser- 
vice more  devoted  and  more  fruitful  in  the  coming  days. 

Reverend  Fathers  and  Brethren,  with  all  my  heart  I 
thank  you  for  your  generous  kindness  to  me  as  the  repre- 
sentative of  the  United  Free  Church  of  Scotland.  It  will 
give  me  joy  to  report  the  inspiring  tokens  of  manifold 
success  amid  which  your  venerable  Seminary  is  closing 
its  first  century  of  Christian  service.  It  is  our  heart's 
desire  and  prayer  that  your  School  of  the  Prophets  may 
be  the  generous  mother  of  a  growing  band  of  consecrated 
and  gifted  men  who,  by  the  grace  of  God,  shall  do  ex- 
ploits in  establishing  and  extending  the  Kingdom  of  our 
Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ. 

Peace,  the  very  peace  of  God,  be  within  your  walls  and 
prosperity  within  your  palaces.  For  my  brethren  and 
companions'  sakes,  I  will  now  say,  Peace  be  within  you. 


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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 


IRISH  AND  AMERICAN  PRESBYTERIANISM 

ADDRESS 

BY  THE  EIGHT  EEVEREND  JOHN  MACMILLAN,  B.A.,  D.D. 

Minister  of  the  Cooke  Centenary  Church,  Belfast 

Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 

in  Ireland 

Mr.  President : 

THREE  centuries  ago,  the  confiscated  lands  of  Ulster 
presented  an  opportunity  for  the  peaceable  settle- 
ment of  that  province  and  opened  a  door  of  refuge  for 
the  people  of  Scotland  who  were  suffering  under  the 
intolerance  of  James  I,  the  chief  article  of  whose  new 
creed  was,  "No  Bishop,  no  King,"  and  whose  unkinglike 
declaration  was  set  forth  in  the  solemn  vow,  "I  will  make 
them  conform  or  I  will  harry  them  out  of  the  land. ' ' 

The  settlers  brought  with  them  their  industry,  their 
thrift  and  their  faith ;  and  they  were  followed  by  schol- 
arly and  godly  ministers  like  Edward  Brice,  Robert 
Blair,  Robert  Cunningham,  James  Glendinning,  John 
Livingston,  James  Hamilton,  John  Howe,  Josias  Welsh, 
George  Dunbar,  and  Andrew  Stewart,  whose  apostolic 
patience  and  heroism  have  never  been  surpassed  in  the 
history  of  the  Church  of  Christ. 

Among  the  settlers  were  adventurers  of  various  de- 
grees of  moral  declension,  and  fugitives  from  justice  as 
well  as  law ;  until  it  came  to  be  a  proverb  applied  to  the 
most  graceless  and  hopeless  in  the  Lowlands,  "Ireland 
will  be  his  hinder  end."  That  "end"  would  have  been 
disastrous  indeed,  had  the  colonists  been  left  to  the 
mercy  of  the  "careless  men"  who  desired  only  their  own 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

gain,  and  the  conservation  of  their  own  power ;  but  the 
Lord  visited  them  in  His  "admirable  mercy"  by  giving 
them  ministers  of  their  own,  "eminent  for  birth,  educa- 
tion and  parts,"  whose  labours  resulted  in  revival, 
transformed  lives  and  fruit  unto  holiness.  These  min- 
isters have  won  for  themselves  the  honour  of  being  the 
founders  of  the  Irish  Presbyterian  Church;  and  their 
line  has  gone  through  all  the  earth,  and  their  word  unto 
the  end  of  the  world. 

In  the  course  of  one  century,  there  were  organised  in 
Ulster  eleven  Presbyteries  and  one  hundred  and  forty- 
one  congregations.  The  waste  places  were  reclaimed, 
the  primeval  forests  disappeared,  the  last  wolf  was  put 
out  of  the  way,  lint  was  in  the  bell,  the  bleach-greens 
were  covered  with  fair  linen  clean  and  white,  the  whirr 
of  the  spinning-wheel  and  the  click  of  the  loom  sounded 
in  almost  every  dwelling;  and  the  desert  rejoiced  and 
blossomed  as  the  rose. 

Ballymena,  the  modern  Bangor,  Coleraine,  Comber, 
the  modern  Londonderry,  Newtownards,  Portaferry, 
and  many  other  centres  of  industry  were  created;  and 
Belfast,  which  in  1649  was  denounced  by  Milton  as  "a 
barbarous  nook  in  Ireland",  had  started  on  its  way  to  be- 
coming Ireland's  commercial  capital,  with  a  population 
now  approaching  half-a-million  souls. 

To  these  men  the  Bible  was  statute  book  and  library. 
The  Psalter,  with  the  Paraphrases,  was  their  song-book 
at  work  and  worship ;  and  they  found  expressed  in  its 
strong  and  rugged  verse  all  the  growing  enrichment  of 
their  spiritual  experience.  It  was  stored  in  the  memory 
against  the  cloudy  and  dark  day,  the  lonely  vigil,  and 
the  last  scene  of  all.  I  could  take  you  to  places  on  their 
farms  where  they  were  accustomed  to  sing  and  pray,  as 

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they  herded  their  cattle  or  sought  momentary  relief 
from  their  toil.  The  strains  of  Martyrdom,  and  Elgin, 
and  Coleshill,  and  Devizes,  linger  still  among  their  val- 
leys and  hills. 

The  Lord's  Day  was  the  great  day  of  the  week.  On  it 
"they  went  out",  according  to  their  own  phrase,  to  meet 
their  neighbours  and  the  public ;  and,  above  all,  to  meet 
Him  whom  their  souls  loved,  and  who  had  given  the 
promise  of  His  presence  to  the  two  or  three  gathered  to- 
gether in  His  name— and  at  times  it  was  long  before  the 
after-glow  on  their  faces  melted  into  the  light  of  common 
day. 

The  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  was  the  central 
ordinance  of  their  faith,  and  its  observance  the  chief 
event  of  the  year.  It  was  preceded  by  two  days  of  fasting 
and  prayer,  and  succeeded  by  a  solemn  thanksgiving  and 
consecration;  whilst  the  service  of  the  day  itself  began 
in  the  early  morning,  and,  with  a  brief  intermission, 
closed  at  nightfall.  There  were  occasions  when  scenes 
occurred  like  those  which  took  place  at  the  Kirk  of 
Shotts  under  the  preaching  of  their  own  John  Living- 
ston in  1630,  when  five  hundred  were  lifted  into  a  new 
or  a  higher  life ;  or  like  those  enacted  in  the  Covenanting 
times,  when,  on  the  far-off  moor  or  in  some  amphitheatre 
among  the  lonely  hills,  outed  ministers  broke  the  bread  of 
life  and  thousands  of  communicants  lifted  to  their  lips 
the  consecrated  elements  and  returned  to  their  home  or 
to  their  hiding,  not  fearing  the  wrath  of  man  because 
they  had  seen  the  face  of  God. 

The  school,  which  was  regarded  as  being  scarcely  less 
important  than  the  church,  consisted  of  four  walls,  some- 
times of  mud  and  sometimes  of  masonry,  a  thatched  roof, 
small  windows  as  often  as  not  unglazed,  an  earthen  floor, 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

logs  in  the  rough  from  the  neighbouring  bog  to  serve 
for  seats,  and  a  fire  which  burned  or  smoked  in  the  centre 
of  the  room,  the  smoke  escaping  through  an  opening  in 
the  roof,  or  else  lingering  to  create  a  semi-opaque  atmo- 
sphere, not  uncongenial  to  those  boys  who  were  bent  on 
idleness  or  full  of  fun.  The  master  was  often  arrayed  in 
a  long  black  coat,  tow-wig,  horn-spectacles,  and  armed 
with  a  hazel  rod. 

"Full  well  they  laughed  with  counterfeited  glee 
At  all  his  jokes,  for  many  a  joke  had  he ; 
Full  well  the  busy  whisper  circling  round 
Conveyed  the  dismal  tidings  when  he  frowned." 

And  yet  he  taught  the  boys  to  read  and  write  and  cast 
accounts;  and  introduced  the  more  ambitious  among 
them  to  Cicero  and  Caesar,  to  Horace  and  Homer,  and 
prepared  them  for  the  university.  Where  the  school- 
mistress reigned,  she  patiently  taught  the  ABC,  pro- 
moted her  pupils  to  the  Book  of  Proverbs,  the  Gospels, 
and  the  Shorter  Catechism ;  and,  when  the  girls  had  fin- 
ished their  samplers,  their  scholastic  education  was  com- 
pleted. 

The  home  was  humble,  consisting  of  "but  and  ben" 
and  added  accommodation  to  suit  growing  domestic  need. 
The  inmates  aimed  at  making  it  a  "little  church"  and  a 
"seminary  of  piety,"  instinctively  acting  on  the  prin- 
ciple that  the  domestic  hearth-stone  was  the  corner-stone 
of  the  State. 

Of  course,  there  were  other  homes  of  much  larger  di- 
mensions, equipped  with  all  the  comforts  procurable  at 
that  period ;  but  they  were  occupied  by  those  persons  to 
whom  special  grants  of  lands  had  been  made  at  a  merely 
nominal  figure,  and  who  "undertook"  responsibility  for 

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the  settlement  of  the  surrounding  areas.  These  land- 
owners, however,  professed  the  same  faith  as  did  the  peo- 
ple whom  they  subsequently  designated  their  "tenants", 
and  ordered  their  daily  lives  according  to  the  same  reli- 
gious principles. 

Candidates  for  the  ministry  were  obliged  to  pursue  a 
regular  academic  and  subsequently  a  regular  theological 
course,  when  such  a  requirement  implied  long  and  per- 
ilous journeys  to  Glasgow  and  Edinburgh  or  Amster- 
dam ;  for  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  in  contravention  of  the 
purpose  of  its  founder,  was  closed  against  them.  Stu- 
dents were  exhorted  to  remain  at  the  university  for  "lau- 
reation"  and  some  were  advised  to  betake  themselves  to 
"a  way  of  living"  other  than  the  ministry  on  account  of 
lack  of  learning  and  of  natural  capacity— and  laggards 
profited  from  such  salutary  advice.  When  it  became 
impracticable  for  all  candidates  to  study  abroad,  a 
"School  of  Philosophy"  was  established  at  home;  and 
two  pastors  were  appointed  to  give  instruction,  one  in 
Hebrew  and  the  other  in  Greek,  each  to  receive  the  mod- 
est remuneration  of  £10  per  annum.  All  ministers  were 
exhorted  by  the  Synod  to  spare  no  pains  in  preparing 
for  their  pulpit  prayers  and  sermons;  in  acquiring  a 
working  knowledge  of  Hebrew  and  Greek,  of  the  chief 
controversies  of  Divinity,  of  the  English  Bible— so  that 
its  language  might  freely  flow  from  their  lips ;  and  of  the 
English  tongue  so  that  they  might  speak  in  a  plain  un- 
affected style  and  "accommodate  their  addresses  to  the 
understanding  of  the  people. ' '  The  Rev.  Matthew  Clark 
of  Kilrea,  who  acted  a  soldier's  part  during  the  siege  of 
Londonderry,  and  who  afterwards  became  minister  of 
the  town  of  that  name  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic, 
preaching  from  the  words  of  the  Apostle— "I  can  do  all 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

things",  thus  began— "Aye,  can  you,  Paul?  I'll  bet  a 
dollar  on  that!",  as  he  placed  a  Spanish  dollar  upon  the 
Bible.  Then  with  a  look  of  surprise  he  continued,  "Stop, 
let  us  see  what  else  Paul  says— 'I  can  do  all  things 
through  Christ  who  strengtheneth  me'.  Aye,  so  can  I, 
Paul;  I  withdraw  my  bet":  and  he  carefully  replaced 
the  money  in  his  pocket,  after  he  had  succeeded  in  arrest- 
ing the  attention  of  his  audience. 

During  my  year  of  office,  I  have  conducted  services  in 
a  church  in  memory  of  a  dear  friend  in  the  ministry 
whose  rural  parish  had  been  lacking  in  educational  ad- 
vantages, and  from  whose  study  there  went  forth,  with- 
out prescribed  fee  or  reward,  fifteen  young  men  to  the 
university  and  to  professional  life.  One  of  my  friend's 
predecessors  was  Dr.  Samuel  Edgar,  who  founded  the 
"Academy",  in  which  James  Thomson,  the  father  of 
Lord  Kelvin,  was  a  pupil  and  afterwards  a  teacher,  and 
from  which  forty  youths  proceeded  to  college  and  to  ordi- 
nation. I  have  done  duty  in  a  church  in  the  city  of 
Armagh,  the  son  of  whose  first  minister  was  Francis 
Hutcheson.  As  probationer,  Francis  was  persuaded  to 
relieve  his  father  on  a  Sabbath  during  the  temporary  in- 
disposition of  the  latter ;  but  he  broke  down  so  completely 
in  the  devotional  service  that  the  worshippers  were  dis- 
missed a  couple  of  hours  in  advance  of  the  accustomed 
time.  He,  however,  was  appointed  Professor  of  Moral 
Philosophy  in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  had  the  cour- 
age to  adjudge  the  English  language  an  adequate  vehicle 
for  instruction— the  first  preceptor  in  that  institution  to 
do  so— and  he  became  the  founder  of  the  Scottish  School 
of  Philosophy,  in  which  Dr.  Thomas  Reid,  Sir  William 
Hamilton,  and  Dr.  McCosh  were  subsequently  successive 
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more  easy  to  become  a  philosopher  than  to  be  an  edifying 
preacher ! 

The  intercourse  between  Ulster  and  the  mother-coun- 
try was  close  and  constant.  Our  people  claimed  kindred 
with  Patrick  Hamilton,  and  George  Wishart,  and  John 
Knox,  and  Alexander  Henderson,  and  Samuel  Ruther- 
ford, and  Margaret  Wilson,  and  Andrew  Melville,  and 
Janet  Geddes.  Melville  once  said  to  the  king,  "Your 
Majesty,  there  are  two  kings  and  two  kingdoms  in  Scot- 
land: there  is  king  James,  the  head  of  the  common- 
wealth, and  there  is  Christ  Jesus,  the  King  of  the 
Church,  whose  subject  James  is,  and  of  whose  kingdom 
he  is  not  a  king,  nor  a  lord,  nor  a  head,  but  a  member. ' T 
Janet  Geddes  flung  her  stool  at  the  head  of  the  minister 
who,  at  the  bidding  of  Laud,  proceeded  to  read  from  an 
enforced  liturgy,  with  these  indignant  words,  "Fause 
loon,  do  you  say  Mass  at  my  lug?"  In  the  county  of 
Down,  a  strong-minded  woman  was  brought  before  the 
Downpatrick  Court  of  Assize  for  what  was  considered  a 
most  heinous  offence— interfering  with  the  official  robes 
of  the  new  minister  sent  by  the  Bishop  to  take  the  place 
of  her  own,  now  silenced  and  forbidden  to  exercise  his 
ministry.  She  admitted  the  accuracy  of  the  charge,  and 
suiting  the  action  to  the  word,  made  confession,  ' '  These 
two  hands  pulled  the  white  shirt  over  his  head."  Car- 
lyle  declares  that  the  war  precipitated  by  Janet  Geddes 
was  far  more  glorious  than  that  precipitated  by  Helen 
of  Troy.  Macaulay  traces  English  liberty  to  Janet's 
action.  Henry  Grattan  describes  "the  Presbyterian 
religion  as  the  mother  of  the  free  constitution  of  Eng- 
land. ' '  John  Richard  Green  affirms  that ' '  it  saved  Scot- 
land from  a  civil  and  religious  despotism  and  in  saving- 
Scotland,  it  saved  English  liberty  as  well."    It  certainly 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

saved  Ulster,  and  in  saving  Ulster,  it  saved  more  than 
Ulster— as  we  shall  see. 

It  may  be  asked  in  what  way,  and  to  what  degree  is 
the  Ulster  Scot  superior  to  the  mere  Scot?  The  late 
President  McKinley  declared  that  the  coming  of  the  Scot 
to  Ulster  marked  an  epoch  in  the  world's  civilization. 
Last  November,  Lord  Rosebery,  on  the  occasion  of  his 
presiding  at  a  lecture  delivered  in  Edinburgh  by  His 
Excellency,  the  Ambassador  of  the  United  States,  said 
that  he  loved  Highlanders  and  he  loved  Lowlanders,  but 
when  he  came  to  that  branch  of  the  Scottish  race  which 
had  been  grafted  on  to  the  Ulster  stem,  he  took  off  his  hat 
in  veneration  and  awe ! 

When  we  came  to  Ulster,  we  were  returning  to  our 
own,  to  the  Scotia  Major  of  the  ancient  world;  to  the 
land  of  Cormac,  and  Patrick,  and  Columcille,  and  Colum- 
banus,  and  Gallus,  and  Killian,  and  John  Scotus  Erigena, 
and  Pelagius,  and  Richard  Fitzralph ;  we  began  to  think 
with  pride  of  the  great  schools  of  Bangor,  and  Clonard, 
and  Clonmacnoise,  and  Durrow,  and  Kildare,  and  Derry, 
and  Movilla,  and  of  the  achievements  of  their  alumni  at 
Iona,  Lindisfarne,  Burgundy,  Bobbio  and  St.  Gall,  and 
of  all  the  traditions  which  clustered  round  the  insula 
sanctorum  et  doctorum  Europae  of  the  early  Christian 
centuries.  We  were  brought  into  contact  with  a  quick- 
witted, warm-hearted  people,  possessed  of  the  perfer- 
vidum  ingenium  Scotorwm,  which  could  appreciate  a 
joke  without  the  necessity  of  the  proverbial  surgical 
operation. 

We  had  a  very  long  and  a  very  severe  struggle  for 
toleration— even  for  existence.  A  most  determined  ef- 
fort was  put  forth  to  break  our  fathers'  spirit,  and  to 
quench  our  fathers'  faith.    If  Scotland  had  Claverhouse, 

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and  Laud,  and  Charles,  and  James,  we  had  Laud  and 
Claverhouse  in  imagination;  and  we  had  Charles,  and 
James,  and  Tyrconnell,  and  Wentworth,  and  Phelim 
O  'Neill,  and  Lord  Donegal,  and  the  Anglican  prelates  of 
that  time.  We  became  uncompromisingly  Protestant 
and  as  uncompromisingly  Presbyterian,  which— with  its 
franchise  and  freedom  of  the  Kingdom  of  God  enjoyed 
by  women  as  well  as  men— is  the  strongest  and  most 
democratic  form  of  Protestantism;  and  we  became 
whole-hearted  Evangelicals,  which  are  the  highest  type 
of  Presbyterians,  and  supply  the  raison  d'etre  of  Pro- 
testantism. Driven  back  upon  the  sublime  truth  that  be- 
hind all  things  we  see,  changeless  amid  things  which 
change,  evolving  slowly  His  own  vast  designs,  making 
all  things— the  prosperous  and  the  adverse— to  work 
together  for  good  to  them  that  love  Him,  is  a  living  God, 
with  all  the  attributes  of  a  divine  personality— a  quick 
eye,  a  warm  heart,  and  a  long  arm,  our  people  became 
intensely  Calvinistic,  and  strengthened  themselves  by 
saying  or  singing  such  words  as  these  :  — 

"  Art  thou  afraid  His  power  shall  fail 

When  comes  thine  evil  day  % 
Or  can  an  all-creating  arm 

Grow  weary  or  decay  ? 
Supreme  in  wisdom  as  in  power 

The  Rock  of  Ages  stands ; 
Though  Him  thou  canst  not  see  nor  trace 

The  working  of  His  hands." 

There  were  three  periods  of  persecution  to  which  our 
people  were  subjected  and  which  culminated  respectively 
in  the  Black  Oath  under  Charles  I,  the  Act  of  Unif  orm- 

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ity  under  Charles  II,  and  the  Sacramental  Test  Act 
under  Queen  Anne. 

Every  person  over  sixteen  years  of  age  was  com- 
manded to  take  the  Black  Oath,  by  which  he  renounced 
the  Covenants  and  swore  a  carte  blanche  allegiance  to  the 
king,  no  matter  what  the  king  might  enjoin  for  the  fu- 
ture in  Church  or  State.  Multitudes  of  Presbyterians, 
against  whom  the  Oath  was  chiefly  or  entirely  directed, 
refused  to  comply,  and  the  most  cruel  sufferings  were 
inflicted  upon  them.  As  an  instance,  we  take  the  case  of 
Henry  Stewart,  who— with  his  wife,  his  two  daughters 
and  his  man-servant— was  arrested,  conveyed  to  Dublin, 
tried  in  the  Court  of  Star  Chamber,  in  which  the  form 
and  spirit  of  justice  were  alike  ignored,  fined  in  the  sum 
of  £16,000,  and  cast  into  prison  until  the  uttermost  far- 
thing would  be  paid— because  he  had  the  courage  to  hon- 
our his  conscience  as  his  king. 

At  first,  the  Church,  as  by  law  established,  was  com- 
prehensive enough  to  admit  the  ministers  from  Scot- 
land to  her  pulpits  and  in  the  case  of  an  ordination,  the 
Bishop  joined  with  the  other  presbyters  present  in 
prayer,  and  the  laying  on  of  hands :  but  after  the  Act  of 
Uniformity  came  into  force,  all  ministers  in  Ulster  were 
required  to  submit  to  Episcopal  ordination  or  to  abandon 
their  position  in  the  Church.  Of  all  the  ministers  in  the 
Synod,  only  seven  submitted  to  such  conditions.  In  a 
single  day,  Jeremy  Taylor,  who  wrote  on  the  "  Liberty 
of  Prophesying",  silenced  thirty-six  of  the  best  minis- 
ters of  Down,  whose  ministry  had  been  accompanied  by 
revivals  and  other  unmistakable  signs  that  the  Lord  had 
been  working  with  them,  confirming  the  word  by  signs 
following.  In  a  single  year,  sixty-four  ministers  went 
forth,  not  knowing  whither  they  went. 

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In  1704,  after  the  siege  of  Londonderry,  defended  by 
Presbyterians,  who  were  at  the  lowest  calculation  fifteen 
to  one  of  all  other  Protestants  within  the  walls  of  the 
city,  which  was  fortified  and  inspired  by  Presbyterian 
ministers  at  a  time  when  Bishops  denounced  the  impiety 
of  taking  up  arms  against  the  " Lord's  Anointed",  and 
changed  their  public  prayers  every  week  and  almost 
every  day  as  the  omens  seemed  to  indicate  the  final  issue 
of  the  struggle ;  after  the  battle  of  the  Boyne,  at  which 
—according  to  Hallam— the  British  constitution  was 
saved,  and  which  was  rendered  possible  by  the  previous 
stand  made  at  Londonderry ;  the  Sacramental  Test  Act 
came  into  operation,  according  to  which  it  was  made  nec- 
essary for  every  person  holding  office  to  receive  the  Sac- 
rament of  the  Lord's  Supper  in  the  Episcopal  Church  or 
else  demit  his  dignity.  Our  people  had  too  high  an  esti- 
mate of  the  spiritual  significance  and  aim  of  the  Sacra- 
ment to  pervert  its  meaning  and  to  degrade  its  divine 
institution ;  and  they  were  too  brave  to  deny  their  fathers ' 
faith.  Of  the  twelve  aldermen  in  Londonderry,  ten  were 
Presbyterian,  and  of  the  thirteen  burgesses  in  Belfast, 
nine  adhered  to  the  same  faith ;  and  every  one  of  these 
resigned  his  office  rather  than  be  false  to  his  convictions. 
Adam  Murray,  the  hero  of  the  siege,  was  compelled  to 
part  company  with  the  horse  which  had  been  his  faithful 
servant  and  fellow-soldier  during  that  period  of  agony. 
Presbyterian  churches  were  closed.  Jonathan  Swift  had 
the  bad  eminence  of  nailing  up  some  of  them  with  his 
own  hand.  Ministers  were  outlawed  and  imprisoned, 
prohibited  from  meeting  in  Presbytery  or  conducting  a 
service,  or  performing  a  marriage  ceremony,  and  were 
fined  £100  for  administering  the  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's 
Supper ;  bequests  were  alienated ;  the  Eighth  Command- 

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ment  was  set  at  nought,  the  Regium  Donum— a  Grant 
made  by  William  III  in  recognition  of  services  rendered 
to  his  cause  by  Presbyterian  ministers  and  their  people 
—was  for  the  time  discontinued;  and  in  the  event  of  a 
place  of  worship  being  allowed  to  exist,  it  was  situated 
remote  from  town  or  village  or  in  some  position  so  ob- 
scure and  so  inaccessible  as  but  too  literally  to  represent 
the  ' '  Church  invisible. ' ' 

We  have  an  illustration  of  as  pathetic  a  scene  as  is 
unfolded  in  the  pages  of  civic  or  national  history— 
i  t  There  was  a  little  city  and  few  men  within  it ;  and  there 
came  a  great  king  against  it,  and  besieged  it,  and  built 
bulwarks  against  it.  Now  there  was  found  in  it  a  poor 
wise  man  and  he  by  his  wisdom  delivered  the  city.  Yet 
no  man  remembered  that  same  poor  man.  Then  said  I, 
Wisdom  is  better  than  strength".  For  though  Wisdom 
is  despised,  her  day  will  come  if  the  God  of  Wisdom 
reigns. 

Almost  two  centuries  ago,  a  movement  was  inaugurated 
as  remarkable  as  any  in  the  history  of  the  human  race,  as 
divinely  directed  as  the  exodus  of  the  children  of  Israel 
from  the  house  of  bondage  to  a  good  land  and  a  large, 
where  they  prepared  a  faith  for  mankind  and  a  Saviour 
for  the  world.  In  1636,  a  small  craft,  called  the  "  Eagle 
Wing"  in  anticipation  of  a  swift  passage,  sailed  from 
Groomsport  near  Belfast  with  one  hundred  and  fifty 
passengers— the  flower  of  Ulster's  enterprise  and  faith. 
After  proceeding  twelve  hundred  miles  in  the  direction 
of  New  England,  she  was  driven  back  to  Carrickf ergus 
Bay;  the  distressed  sufferers,  who,  for  two  months  had 
been  exposed  to  most  trying  and  perilous  experiences, 
assuredly  gathering  that  the  way  out  of  Ireland  had  not 
yet  been  made  manifest.    Ireland  still  needed  them,  and 

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there  they  learned  to  suffer  and  be  strong.  When  the 
young  eagles  are  ready  to  fly,  the  nest  will  be  so  stirred  up 
that  they  shall  be  thrust  out  of  it,  and  compelled  to  essay 
the  larger  world  of  sun  and  sky  by  the  use  of  wings,  of 
whose  existence  they  have  not  dreamed  as  yet. 

In  1718  five  ships  left  Belfast  carrying  one  thousand 
persons.  Sometimes  an  entire  congregation  emigrated, 
sometimes  as  many  as  seven  congregations  with  their 
ministers.  During  a  lengthened  period  of  the  eighteenth 
century  an  average  of  twelve  thousand  a  year  left  the 
land  of  their  fathers  for  the  land  of  the  free.  Men  sold 
their  household  goods  to  realize  their  passage  money, 
and  those  who  had  no  money  mortgaged  their  freedom 
and  their  earnings  for  four  years  in  advance.  They 
braved  the  winds  and  the  waves,  carrying  with  them  the 
blood,  and  brains,  and  youth,  and  strength,  and  skill  of 
Ulster  to  help  to  make  your  land  what  it  is  today.  Their 
church  they  valued  above  all  earthly  things  and  after 
their  church,  in  point  of  worth,  came  their  disjunction- 
certificates,  which  they  valued  as  a  traveller  values  his 
passport  or  a  student  his  parchment.  Last  month,  I 
conducted  the  service  in  a  church,  the  senior  minister  of 
which  had  given  sixty  years  of  service  to  one  parish.  He 
informed  me  that  at  the  beginning  of  his  ministry  seven- 
teen families  left  in  one  day;  but  not  until  the  Com- 
munion season  had  come  round  and  they  had  pledged 
themselves  anew  to  their  Lord  and  to  one  another,  and 
had  sung  the  Paraphrase  :— 

"I  know  that  safe  with  Him  remains, 
Protected  by  His  power, 
What  I've  committed  to  His  trust, 
Till  the  decisive  hour. 

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Then  will  He  own  His  servant's  name 

Before  His  Father's  face, 
And  in  the  new  Jerusalem 

Appoint  my  soul  a  place." 

After  the  benediction,  the  disjunction-certificates  were 
tendered  to  the  brethren  and  sisters,  who  had  worshipped 
for  the  last  time  in  the  sanctuary  which  to  them  had  been 
the  dearest  spot  on  earth ;  and  on  the  following  day,  they 
were  convoyed  to  the  sea  by  their  neighbours  and  their 
pastor,  who  commended  them  to  the  care  of  Heaven. 
When  men  like  these  went  forth,  then  or  in  earlier  days, 
to  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  Virginia,  Ohio, 
or  the  Carolinas,  territories  unshadowed  by  the  ecclesias- 
tical rule  which  had  embittered  their  lives  on  the  other 
side  of  the  ocean,  they  proceeded  to  build  their  log- 
dwellings  and  their  log-sanctuaries,  and  to  sing  the 
Lord's  song  in  a  strange  land;  and  as  they  sang  it,  the 
land  ceased  to  be  strange,  for  they  recognised  it  as  the 
Lord's  land,  which  they  proceeded  to  claim  for  Him. 

In  1776,  one-third  of  the  population  of  Pennsylvania 
was  Ulster-Scot,  and  one-third  of  the  people  of  the  Colo- 
nies was  of  kindred  origin.  At  the  Revolution  consid- 
erably more  than  half  a  million  of  our  people  had  made 
their  home  here;  their  descendants  in  this  country  are 
probably  ten  times  more  numerous  than  all  the  Presby- 
terians in  Ireland  at  the  present  day,  and  the  tide  of  emi- 
gration is  still  flowing. 

In  1683,  Francis  Makemie,  a  native  of  the  County  of 
Donegal,  who  at  the  age  of  fifteen  had  been  the  subject  of 
a  work  of  grace,  who  was  a  graduate  of  the  University 
of  Glasgow  and  a  licentiate  of  the  Old  Laggan  Presby- 
tery, responded  in  his  twenty-fifth  year  to  a  call  for  help 
addressed  to  that  Presbytery  by  Judge  William  Stevens 

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of  Rehoboth  on  the  banks  of  the  Pocomoke  in  Maryland. 
Makemie  strengthened  the  scattered  community  by  his 
definite  Westminster  teaching,  organised  them  into  the 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  in  1706,  prepared  for  the 
formation  of  the  first  Synod  ten  years  later,  and  in  1789 
for  that  of  the  General  Assembly,  of  which  John 
Rodgers,  his  compatriot,  was  Moderator.  Makemie  died 
at  the  age  of  fifty,  exhausted  by  labours  prosecuted  with 
the  zeal  of  an  apostle  and  the  widened  outlook  of  a  states- 
man ;  for  with  patriotic  eye  he  surveyed  this  land  from 
Barbadoes  to  Boston,  declared  that  it  was  "a  country 
capable  of  superlative  improvement",  spent  his  strength 
to  accomplish  that  end,  with  the  result  that  he  has  made 
every  subsequent  Presbyterian  and  American  his  debtor. 
He  was  not  only  exhausted  on  account  of  his  unremitting 
labours,  his  health  suffered  not  a  little  from  persecution 
and  imprisonment.  The  then  Governor  of  New  York 
betrayed  his  spirit  of  hostility  towards  this  heroic  pio- 
neer, who  had  dared  to  proclaim  the  Evangel  within  his 
jurisdiction,  by  describing  him  to  his  official  correspon- 
dents in  London  as  "a  jack-of -all-trades,  a  preacher,  a 
doctor-of-physic,  a  merchant,  a  counsellor-at-law,  and 
which  is  worst  of  all,  a  disturber  of  governments."  He 
died  in  1708 ;  and,  a  century  after,  a  statue  of  heroic  size 
was  erected  over  his  last  resting  place  in  Virginia  by 
the  grateful  Church  which  claims  him  as  her  earthly 
founder.  It  is  interesting  to  observe  that  his  daughter 
was  spared  to  see  the  establishment  of  that  civil  and 
religious  liberty,  for  which  he  suffered  and  strove. 

When  Makemie  arrived  at  Rehoboth— which  is,  be- 
ing interpreted,  " There  is  room"— he  was  surprised 
and  delighted  to  discover  William  Trail,  who  had  for- 
merly been  the  clerk  of  the  Laggan  Presbytery,  who  was 
pursuing  quiet  pastoral  work  in  the  peninsula  between 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Chesapeake  and  Delaware  Bays,  and  who  subsequently 
became  his  successor  in  the  ministry  of  the  mother 
church  of  the  United  States.  As  soon  as  the  first  Pres- 
bytery was  constituted,  Makemie  ordained  John  Boyd, 
whose  period  of  earthly  service  came  to  a  close  in  the 
same  year  as  his  own,  and  whose  weather-beaten  monu- 
ment, with  its  striking  inscription,  stands  over  against 
the  replica  of  his  own  statue  in  the  Witherspoon  Build- 
ing, Philadelphia.  He  also  brought  from  the  Old  Coun- 
try, on  one  of  his  visits  thereto,  George  McNish  and  John 
Hampton  to  recruit  the  slowly  growing  band  of  the  her- 
alds of  the  Cross  on  this  side  of  the  ocean. 

In  1716,  William  Tennent,  a  native  of  the  county  of 
Antrim,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  a 
minister  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  son-in-law  of  the 
Rev.  Gilbert  Kennedy,  one  of  our  own  most  distin- 
guished ministers,  applied  to  the  Presbytery  of  Phila- 
delphia for  admission  as  a  member,  pleading  that  Ar- 
minian  doctrine  and  ceremonial  worship  and  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  Church  in  which  he  had  been  ordained 
had  "affected  his  conscience  so  that  he  could  no  longer 
abide  therein".     On  being  received  by  the   Presby- 
tery, he  made  grateful  reply  in  a  speech  in  the  Latin 
tongue,  elegantly  composed  and  earnestly  spoken.    Like 
his  Master,  Tennent  drew  young  men  unto  him ;  blessed 
the  Church  of  his  adoption  with  his  gifts  and  his  devo- 
tion;  founded   "Log   College"   at   Neshaminy,   which 
Whitefield  declared  more  closely  resembled  an  ancient 
"School  of  the  Prophets"  than  anything  he  had  ever 
seen,  and  which  constituted  its  founder  "the  Father  of 
Presbyterian  Colleges  and  Theological  Seminaries  in 
America." 

Webster,  in  his  "History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 

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in  America,  from  its  origin  till  the  year  1760,"  gives  the 
biographies  of  fifty-five  ministers  of  Ulster  birth  or 
origin,  more  than  one-fourth  of  the  entire  number  serv- 
ing the  Church  during  that  period.  It  is  admitted  that 
these  men  exercised  a  profound  influence,  both  doctrinal 
and  constitutional,  on  the  growth  and  development  of  the 
infant  Church.  The  Adopting  Act  of  1729,  by  which  the 
Westminster  Confession  of  Faith  and  the  Catechisms 
were  accepted  as  a  confession  of  the  Synod's  faith, 
brought  the  American  Church  into  line  with  the  Synod 
of  Ulster  and  with  the  mother  Church  of  Scotland. 
Webster,  writing  in  the  middle  of  the  last  century,  de- 
clares that  Ulster  has  continued  for  one  hundred  and  fifty 
years  to  be  "the  great  nursery"  of  the  American  Presby- 
terian Church.  When  I  think  of  John  Glendy,  who  was 
the  minister  of  the  church  of  my  boyhood,  who  fled  from 
Ireland  in  the  tragic  days  of  1798,  who  became  succes- 
sively chaplain  of  the  United  States  Congress  and  of  the 
United  States  Senate,  and  a  minister  of  great  eloquence 
and  power ;  of  the  incomparable  John  Hall,  who  came  to 
New  York  in  1867  and  exercised  a  unique  influence  over 
the  American  Continent,  of  which  every  Irish  Presby- 
terian was  so  justly  proud ;  and  of  the  men  who  in  Prince- 
ton have  greeted  me  as  a  fellow-countryman  and  who  are 
rendering  such  splendid  service  in  this  vast  and  high 
field,  I  am  convinced  that  the  ministerial  succession  is 
still  being  well  maintained. 

The  people  of  Ireland  did  not  lose  interest  in  their 
kinsmen  across  the  sea,  nor  did  their  kinsmen  forget 
their  friends  in  the  old  home.  In  1754,  the  Rev.  Gilbert 
Tennent,  son  of  the  founder  of  "Log  College,"  presented 
to  the  Synod  of  Ulster  a  petition  from  the  Synod  of  New 
York  and  the  Trustees  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey, 

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appealing  for  financial  help  for  that  recently  established 
seat  of  learning.  The  Synod  of  Ulster  was  unanimous  in 
granting  a  collection,  which  resulted  in  £500.  In  1760, 
an  address  from  the  Corporation  of  Philadelphia  and 
that  of  New  York  was  presented  to  the  Synod  of  Ulster, 
making  an  appeal  on  behalf  of  distressed  ministers  and 
their  families,  and  on  behalf  of  members  of  the  Church, 
held  captive  by  their  enemies ;  and  the  sum  of  £412  was 
contributed. 

The  Governor  of  Pennsylvania  was  recently  walking 
along  the  banks  of  the  Schuylkill  in  company  with  a  dis- 
tinguished British  visitor,  who  remarked  that,  according 
to  tradition,  George  Washington  was  able  to  throw  half- 
a-crown  across  the  river  at  its  widest  point,  and  who 
referred  the  question  to  the  gentleman  supposed  to  be 
possessed  of  the  local  knowledge.  The  Governor  replied 
that  he  was  not  aware  of  the  particular  fact,  but  that  he 
was  convinced  of  the  truth  of  the  general  principle  that 
half-a-crown  would  go  farther  in  George  Washington's 
day  than  in  his !  So  these  two  sums,  a  little  less  than  five 
thousand  dollars,  would  go  farther  in  the  middle  of  the 
eighteenth  century  than  in  the  first  quarter  of  the  twen- 
tieth. America  has  returned  the  kindness  an  hundred 
fold ;  for  ever  since,  there  has  been  flowing  towards  our 
shores  a  veritable  river  of  gold,  which  has  gilded  and 
sweetened  the  intervening  waters,  and  gladdened  many 
an  Irish  heart  and  home,  north  and  south  and  east  and 
west. 

We  gave  one  president  to  the  College  of  New  Jersey 
in  the  person  of  Dr.  Samuel  Finley,  an  alumnus  of  "Log 
College/'  under  whose  presidency  half  the  students  of 
Princeton  became  subjects  of  a  genuine  revival.  Dr. 
McCosh  was  accustomed  to  say  that  the  human  body  be- 
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came  completely  changed  in  the  course  of  every  seven 
years,  and,  at  the  end  of  his  first  week  of  years  in  this 
land,  he  declared  himself  a  genuine  American.  That 
being  so,  and  as  he  laboured  with  conspicuous  success  in 
Belfast  for  seventeen  years,  I  am  more  than  doubly  justi- 
fied in  affirming  that  in  him  Ulster  gave  another,  and  one 
of  her  most  distinguished  presidents,  to  Princeton.  The 
late  President  McKinley  believed  that  it  would  be  diffi- 
cult to  find  a  single  faculty,  academic  or  theological,  in  the 
United  States,  which  did  not  include  one  or  more  Ulster 
members.  I  do  not  know  how  many  members  of  the 
Princeton  Faculty  can  trace  their  birth  or  descent  to 
Erin,  but  I  know  that  for  a  very  long  time  one  Irishman 
has  been  a  valued  member  of  the  Faculty,  Dr.  George 
Macloskie,  beloved  by  his  many  friends  in  Ireland  as  he 
is  beloved  by  you. 

To  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  we  gave  the  men 
who  sat  at  her  cradle  and  nursed  her  to  strength— the 
Alexanders  and  the  Hodges,  whose  names  are  still  borne 
by  the  living  and  legible  in  the  places  of  the  dead,  and 
whose  form  and  features  are  traceable  in  those  who  still 
survive  among  us ;  and  if  there  is  one  name,  which  more 
than  any  other  is  dear  to  our  ministers  and  theological 
professors,  it  is  the  name  of  Princeton.  If  there  is  one 
Church  of  the  Presbyterian  order  which  more  than  any 
other  loves  Princeton  theology,  it  is  the  Irish  Presby- 
terian Church,  called  to  maintain  an  immovable  position 
between  ritualism  and  Romanism  on  the  one  hand,  and 
rationalism  on  the  other,  to  uphold  the  supremacy  of 
Scriptural  revelation,  and  to  be  loyal  to  the  doctrines  of 
Grace— the  decas  et  tutamen  of  the  Church  of  the  living 
God— without  which  we  should  not  feel  that  we  had  a 
place  in  the  land  or  a  message  for  the  age. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

I  find  that  upwards  of  one  hundred  graduates  of  Irish 
universities  have,  for  a  longer  or  shorter  period,  studied 
theology  in  Princeton ;  some  of  them  remaining  with  you 
and  some  returning  to  us.  I  am  acquainted  with  a  dozen 
of  our  ministers  and  missionaries,  whose  memories  of 
Princeton  are  of  the  most  filial  and  grateful  kind,  and 
who  look  upon  her  as  being  to  them  the  birthplace  of  a 
larger  and  more  consecrated  life.  In  1851,  John  Byers, 
a  son  of  our  Church,  graduated  from  the  Seminary,  after 
pursuing  his  full  theological  course.  He  sailed  as  a  mis- 
sionary to  the  Far  East  accompanied  by  his  wife,  a 
daughter  of  Erin,  then  in  her  nineteenth  year.  After 
less  than  a  twelvemonth's  service,  a  breakdown  in  health 
suggested  his  return  to  America,  which  he  was  destined 
never  to  reach.  The  extreme  kindness  received  by  his 
young  widow  from  the  members  of  the  Church  in  the 
United  States  was  to  her  an  abiding  inspiration.  She 
returned  to  her  native  land  with  her  infant  son,  now  a 
man  of  title  and  distinction  in  the  academic  and  medical 
world,  to  found  Victoria  College  and  to  achieve  a  work 
for  the  education  of  women  and  for  the  cause  of  temper- 
ance and  philanthropy,  the  far-reaching  results  of  which 
we  can  only  inadequately  and  but  partially  estimate.  Our 
most  distinguished  exponent  of  Princeton  theology  was 
Dr.  Robert  Watts,  a  graduate  of  the  Seminary,  who  filled 
the  chair  of  Systematic  Theology  in  the  Assembly's  Col- 
lege, Belfast,  and  who  revered  his  preceptors  as  Saul  of 
Tarsus  revered  Gamaliel  or  as  his  own  students  revered 
himself. 

For  myself,  I  can  never  speak  of  Princeton  but  with 
reverence  and  affection.  When  a  young  man  leaves  the 
university,  filled  with  a  sense  of  the  wonders  of  ancient 
literature  and  civilisation,  of  the  discoveries  of  modern 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

science  and  the  daring  speculations  of  philosophy,  he 
may  fancy  there  is  no  additional  knowledge  to  be  ac- 
quired, may  become  jealous  of  the  suggestion  that  there  is 
a  faculty  as  trustworthy  as  any  of  those  he  has  been  sedu- 
lously cultivating,  and  that  there  are  realities  in  the 
Kingdom  which  cannot  be  shaken,  more  enduring  and 
more  precious  than  any  of  those  he  has  been  so  anxious 
to  contemplate  and  appraise.  The  atmosphere  of  the 
Princeton  of  my  day  was  a  revelation  to  such  a  student 
and  presented  to  him  theology  as  the  true  and  undisputed 
"Queen  of  the  Sciences." 

There  was  Dr.  Charles  Hodge— clarum  et  venerabile 
nomen— with  his  look  and  his  life,  the  transparency  and 
humility  of  his  nature,  his  consecrated  genius,  his  wide 
and  deep  learning,  his  unfailing  reverence  for  the  Scrip- 
tures as  the  Word  of  God,  his  prayers  which  were  the 
constant  communing  of  his  soul  with  the  Eternal,  made 
articulate  for  the  moment  and  audible  in  our  ears,  his 
talks  in  the  Old  Oratory,  his  chivalrous  devotion  to  the 
Saviour,  and  the  marvellous  manner  in  which  he  brought 
His  love  and  life  down  into  our  lives,  making  us  at  times 
hold  our  breath  and  enabling  us  always  to  realize  the 
truth  of  the  poet's  words  :— 

"And  warm,  sweet,  tender,  even  yet, 
A  present  help  is  He ; 
And  faith  hath  still  its  Olivet, 
And  love  its  Galilee." 

There  was  Dr.  W.  H.  Green,  with  his  profound  schol- 
arship, his  keen  appreciation  of  the  issues  at  stake,  his 
stern  sense  of  duty  and  responsibility,  his  urgency  as  to 
the  use  of  opportunities  which  never  would  return,  his 

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power  as  a  preacher  in  exposing  the  sinfulness  of  sin  and 
discovering  the  grace  which  saved  from  its  guilt  and 
power,  and  the  place  freely  accorded  him  by  scholars  of 
every  school  of  thought,  east  and  west. 

There  was  the  beloved  Dr.  C.  W.  Hodge,  whose  lec- 
tures hushed  his  class  and  frequently  made  it  resemble 
more  a  company  of  boys  gathered  round  a  Communion 
Table  than  aught  else.  In  addition  to  these,  were  the 
gifted  and  subtle  Dr.  A.  A.  Hodge ;  the  faithful  and  con- 
scientious Dr.  James  C.  Moffat ;  that  clear  thinker  and 
most  helpful  and  practical  guide,  Dr.  A.  T.  McGill ;  and 
the  gentle  and  cultured  Dr.  Charles  A.  Aiken.  These 
honoured  preceptors  made  upon  my  classmates  and  my- 
self an  impression  which  will  not  be  effaced  till  the  last 
syllable  of  recorded  time.  I  feel  certain  that  I  ought  to 
submit  the  tone  of  high  moral  and  spiritual  earnestness 
on  the  part  of  my  fellow-students— with  their  devotion  to 
study,  their  brotherly  kindness,  their  regularity  at  morn- 
ing and  evening  prayer,  their  uniform  courtesy  to  the 
members  of  the  Faculty  and  to  one  another,  and  the  har- 
mony which  characterized  the  life  of  our  community— 
as  being  among  the  most  formative  and  beneficent 
influences  of  the  period,  the  memory  of  which  is  to  us 
all  as  perfume  in  the  garments. 

The  prophet  in  his  vision  saw  a  stream  issue  forth 
from  under  the  threshold  of  the  house  of  Cod,  situated 
on  the  mountain  top.  The  stream,  flowing  with  deepen- 
ing and  widening  volume,  became  a  river  dispensing 
health  and  plenty  along  its  course ;  trees  growing  on  its 
banks,  whose  fruit  was  for  food  and  whose  leaves  were 
for  medicine.  It  flowed  into  the  Salt  Sea,  transforming 
the  source  of  death  into  a  place  of  life,  revealing  a  second 
heaven  in  its  depths,  and  crowding  its  shores  with  un- 

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wonted  scenes  of  happy  human  activity.  There  was  life 
whithersoever  the  river  came.  So  from  this  place,  there 
has  gone  forth  a  river  of  Truth,  which  has  blessed  three 
and  thirty  generations  of  students,  who  in  turn  have  been 
the  means  of  sweetening  and  sanctifying  and  comforting 
the  lives  of  succeeding  multitudes  of  the  children  of  men 
in  almost  every  nation  under  the  sun. 

I  should  like,  before  I  close,  to  indicate  another  service 
which  our  people  rendered  to  this  Republic.  George 
Canning,  one  of  the  most  brilliant  of  British  foreign  sec- 
retaries, clasped  hands  with  Thomas  Jefferson  across  the 
Atlantic  in  the  bonds  of  international  peace,  convinced 
that  Britain  and  America  could  stand  against  the  pos- 
sible coalitions  of  the  world,  and  declaring  as  premier, 
"I  called  a  new  world  into  existence  to  redress  the 
balance  of  the  old".  George  Canning  only  recognised 
the  existence  of  the  new  world  and  induced  George  IV  to 
do  likewise  in  the  King's  Speech  of  1825 ;  but  the  Ulster 
Presbyterians  did  their  part  in  calling  that  new  world 
into  existence.  The  National  League  of  Scotland  and 
Ulster  prepared  the  way  for  the  Declaration  of  Indepen- 
dence. A  century  after  the  adoption  of  the  Solemn 
League  and  Covenant  by  Scotland  and  Ireland,  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Craighead  led  in  its  renewal  by  his  people,  who, 
with  uplifted  hands,  declared  their  separation  from  the 
Crown  which  had  violated  the  Covenant.  The  Mecklen- 
burg Convention,  which  was  the  outgrowth  and  embodi- 
ment of  Craighead's  spirit,  and  which  consisted  of  Ulster 
men,  announced  in  1775  the  principles  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence  before  Jefferson  stamped  its  words  with 
the  impress  of  his  genius,  or  Charles  Thompson  of  Bel- 
fast committed  it  to  the  handwriting  in  which  it  is  pre- 
served ;  before  another  Ulster  man  read  it  to  the  people, 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

or  a  third  gave  to  it  the  wings  of  the  press.  In  that 
period  of  a  nation's  birthpangs,  the  Ulster  Presbyterians 
were  American;  and  in  their  stand  they  had  the  sym- 
pathy and  the  powerful  moral  support  of  that  illustrious 
Irish  statesman,  Edmund  Burke. 

The  Declaration  of  Independence  gave  hope  to  those 
who  struggled  for  justice  in  Ireland,  and  the  struggle  at 
length  was  crowned  with  victory.  We  have  now  religious 
equality.  Our  Church  is  protected  by  the  law  of  the 
land.  Our  General  Assembly  has  been  visited  by  the  Lord 
Lieutenant,  a  ruling  elder  of  the  Church  of  Scotland, 
and  by  the  Countess  of  Aberdeen.  A  goodly  number  of 
our  ministers  have  been  appointed  to  act  in  turn  the  part 
of  Chaplain  to  His  Excellency.  Our  Moderator  has  equal 
precedence  with  the  Archbishops  of  the  other  Churches, 
and  a  place  is  assigned  him  at  State  ceremonies.  The 
" barns"  in  which  our  fathers  worshipped  have  given 
way  to  sanctuaries  comely  and  commodious,  and  in  many 
instances,  to  ecclesiastical  edifices  which  are  an  ornament 
to  the  parish  and  a  feature  of  the  landscape.  The  use  of 
hymns  and  instrumental  aid  in  public  worship  is  now 
permitted  and  is  fast  becoming  the  custom,  largely 
through  your  example.  Our  Church  House,  which  com- 
prises the  various  offices  of  the  Church  and  the  Assem- 
bly Hall,  was  opened  a  few  years  ago  by  the  Duke  of 
Argyll  at  a  cost  of  £80,000 ;  and  it  is  the  finest  building  of 
its  kind  in  Ireland,  and  among  the  finest  of  its  kind  in 
the  world. 

We  have  a  mission  field  at  our  door,  and  we  endeavour 
to  approach  our  fellow-countrymen,  not  along  the  lines 
of  controversy,  but  along  those  on  which  we  agree,  em- 
phasizing the  love  of  God,  the  Saviour's  finished  work, 
the  priesthood  of  believers,  and  the  supremacy  of  Scrip- 

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ture ;  and  we  have  reason  to  believe  that  such  seed  thus 
sown  yields  fruit— especially  when  it  has  the  opportunity 
of  germinating  and  fructifying  in  the  freer  atmosphere 
of  this  land. 

We  follow  our  kindred  to  the  British  Dominions  be- 
yond the  seas  by  means  of  our  Colonial  Mission ;  we  help 
the  Reformed  Churches  on  the  Continent  of  Europe ;  we 
maintain  a  successful  Jewish  Mission  at  Hamburg  and 
Damascus,  whilst  our  foreign  missionary  operations  in 
Kathiawar  and  Gujarat  and  especially  in  Manchuria 
have  been  crowned  with  remarkable  success.  Our  tem- 
perance crusade  has  received  unmeasured  stimulus  from 
the  record  of  your  achievements  in  this  momentous  re- 
form. Our  Theological  Seminaries,  or ' '  Colleges  "  as  we 
designate  them,  were  never  better  manned.  From  one  of 
these— that  at  Belfast,  of  which  Dr.  Leitch,  one  of  the 
greatest  masters  of  New  Testament  Greek  in  the  United 
Kingdom,  is  the  president— I  bear  hearty  felicitations; 
and  it  is  only  in  a  technical  sense  that  I  am  unable  to 
render  a  similar  service  on  behalf  of  Magee  College, 
Londonderry. 

We  have  an  Orphan  Society  which  provides  for  the 
Church's  fatherless  or  orphan  children,  an  Old  Age 
Fund  for  the  aged,  which  is  available  ten  years  before 
the  Government  Pension  may  be  obtained,  and  every 
retired  minister  is  secure  for  life  of  his  manse  and  at 
least  £100  a  year. 

It  will  be  easily  understood  that  we  have  suffered 
during  centuries  of  persecution  through  persons  and 
families— unable  to  brave  social  ostracism,  ambitious  to 
obtain  office  or  emolument,  and  not  unwilling  to  sweep 
from  their  pathway  any  consideration,  however  sacred, 
which  blocked  their  material  progress— falling  away 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

from  their  ancestral  faith  and  practically  confessing  the 
quixotic  nature  of  their  fathers'  resistance  unto  blood 
by  conforming  to  the  State-endowed  type  of  belief  and 
worship,  under  which  their  fathers'  lives  were  made  bit- 
ter. The  names  of  such  persons  bear  witness  to  the  con- 
trast between  their  fathers'  nobler  fortitude  and  their 
own. 

Although  year  by  year,  we  suffer  from  emigration,  by 
which  we  are  deprived  of  the  enthusiasm  and  enterprise 
of  our  youngest  and  strongest,  we  do  not  grudge  our 
youth  to  our  Colonies  nor  to  this  Republic,  which  our 
people  regard  as  almost  a  second  home.  Notwithstand- 
ing the  constant  tribute  paid  by  us  to  the  newer  countries 
of  the  world,  the  income  of  our  Church  from  all  sources 
for  the  year  1910-1911  was  double  that  of  forty  years 
ago,  and  was  the  largest  total  ever  recorded— amounting 
to  one  million  five  hundred  and  twenty-three  thousand 
eight  hundred  dollars.  We  have  been  enriched  by  gifts 
from  our  kindred,  by  bequests  for  public  purposes,  by 
memorials  of  utility  in  memory  of  departed  friends,  and 
by  the  enlarged  sympathies  and  most  salutary  example 
of  those  who  return  to  visit  the  old  land. 

Mr.  President,  there  has,  of  course,  been  no  meeting  of 
our  General  Assembly  since  your  kind  invitation  to  take 
part  in  this  Centennial  Celebration  was  extended  to  me ; 
had  there  been  such  a  meeting,  I  should  have  been  com- 
missioned to  offer  you  the  most  fraternal,  or,  shall  I  say, 
the  most  maternal  congratulations  of  our  Supreme 
Court.  If  the  Lord  spare  me  to  return  to  the  opening  of 
the  General  Assembly  on  the  third  day  of  June,  I  shall 
have  nothing  to  say  which  will  give  me  greater  pleasure 
in  the  saying  of  it  than  that  I  witnessed  this  celebration, 
met  the  members  of  your  Faculty,  saw  five  hundred 

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Alumni  assembled  to  do  honour  to  their  alma  mater,  and 
looked  upon  the  faces  of,  and  exchanged  salutations  with, 
as  many  members  of  the  class  of  '78  as  have  found  it 
possible  to  be  present.  I  congratulate  you,  Sir,  whose 
name  with  that  of  Professor  Warfield,  is  a  household 
word  among  us,  and  whom  we  regard  as  one  of  the  great- 
est and  most  brilliant  living  defenders  of  "the  faith  once 
delivered  to  the  saints".  I  not  only  congratulate  you 
on  what  you  have  done,  but  I  pray  also  that  the  desire  of 
your  heart  may  be  abundantly  fulfilled  as  you  look  to- 
ward the  future ;  that  this  day,  with  all  its  grateful  emo- 
tions and  with  all  its  sanguine  hopes,  may  be  but  the  fair 
beginning  of  a  time. 

I  have  not  said  what  I  had  hoped  to  say,  and  I  had  not 
even  hoped  to  say  all  I  felt,  for— 

"Words  are  weak,  and  most  to  seek 

When  wanted  fifty-fold ; 
And  then  if  silence  will  not  speak, 
And  trembling  lip  and  changing  cheek— 

There's  nothing  told." 


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CONGRATULATORY  ADDRESSES 

FROM  THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE 
UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 

BY  THE  EEVEEEND  WILLIAM  HENRY  EOBEETS,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Stated  Clerk  of  the  General  Assembly 

American  Secretary  of  the  World  Presbyterian  Alliance 

IN  the  name  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  and 
speaking  for  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  Assembly, 
I  present  congratulations  to  the  oldest  and  the  foremost 
of  the  American  Presbyterian  theological  seminaries. 
There  was  a  day  of  small  beginnings,  both  for  the  Church 
and  the  institution,  but  in  the  kindly  providence  of  God, 
both  have  been  prospered,  so  that  today  they  are  in  the 
vanguard  of  the  hosts  of  religious  progress. 

It  is  to  be  understood  that  in  congratulating  Prince- 
ton, the  Assembly  is  not  to  be  regarded  as  singling  the 
institution  out  in  any  specific  manner  for  special  lauda- 
tion, but  as  paying  to  it  a  merited  tribute  of  praise  and 
high  regard  as  the  first  in  a  long  line  of  sister  seminaries. 

The  General  Assembly,  also  in  congratulating  Prince- 
ton upon  one  hundred  years  of  successful  service,  recog- 
nizes that  it  speaks  to  the  whole  body  of  officers,  teachers 
and  Alumni,  for  whom  the  word  "Princeton"  stands, 
and  for  whom  it  has  a  vital  and  inspiring  significance. 
Princeton  is  not  only  a  faculty,  and  not  only  a  collection 
of  buildings,  but  further  an  idea  controlling  thought  and 
act,  and  set  forth  not  only  in  documents  but  also  in  the 
lives  of  many  persons. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

The  relation  of  the  General  Assembly  to  the  Seminary 
is  expressed  in  the  Plan  of  the  institution  by  the  state- 
ment: "As  this  institution  derives  its  origin  from  the 
General  Assembly,  that  body  is  to  be  considered  as  its 
patron  and  the  fountain  of  its  power." 

The  cause  of  the  founding  of  the  Seminary  by  the 
Assembly  was  the  fact  that  there  was  "a  demand  upon 
the  collected  wisdom,  zeal  and  piety  of  the  Church  to  fur- 
nish a  large  supply  of  able  and  faithful  ministers."  At 
the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth  century  there  was  no 
sufficient  provision  for  an  educated  ministry.  The  As- 
sembly, therefore,  acting  within  its  constitutional  au- 
thority, determined  to  establish  "a  new  institution,  con- 
secrated solely  to  the  education  of  men  for  the  Gospel 
ministry."  The  General  Assembly  of  1811  adopted  the 
plan  for  the  theological  seminary,  and  distinctly  stated 
in  it  the  design  and  purposes  in  the  following  terms: 
"And  to  the  intent  that  the  true  design  of  the  founders 
of  this  institution  may  be  known  to  the  public,  both  now 
and  in  the  time  to  come,  and  especially  that  this  design 
may  at  all  times  be  distinctly  viewed  and  sacredly  re- 
garded, both  by  the  teachers  and  the  pupils  of  the  semi- 
nary, it  is  judged  proper  to  make  a  summary  and  explicit 
statement  of  it. 

"It  is  to  form  men  for  the  Gospel  ministry  who  shall 
truly  believe  and  cordially  love,  and  therefore  endeavor 
to  propagate  and  defend,  in  its  genuineness,  simplicity 
and  fullness,  that  system  of  religious  belief  and  practice 
which  is  set  forth  in  the  Confession  of  Faith,  Catechisms, 
and  Plan  of  Government  and  Discipline  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  thus  to  perpetuate  and  extend  the 
influence  of  true  evangelical  piety  and  Gospel  order. 

"  It  is  to  provide  for  the  Church  men  who  shall  be  able 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

to  defend  her  faith  against  infidels  and  her  doctrines 
against  heretics. 

"It  is  to  preserve  the  nnity  of  our  Church  by  educat- 
ing her  ministers  in  an  enlightened  attachment  not  only 
to  the  same  doctrines  but  to  the  same  plan  of  govern- 
ment. ' ' 

The  location  of  the  institution,  which  was  named  in 
the  Plan,  "The  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  U.  S.  A.",  at  Princeton,  New  Jer- 
sey, gave  to  it  the  name  by  which  today  it  is  known 
throughout  the  world. 

The  congratulations  of  the  Church  are  tendered  in 
view  of  accomplishment  in  four  lines,  the  first  of  which 
is  the  production  of  "an  educated  ministry."  It  is  the 
glory  of  the  Presbyterian  Churches  in  all  lands  that  they 
have  always  insisted  upon  an  educated  ministry.  Obedi- 
ent to  the  command  to  teach  all  nations,  believing  in  an 
open  Bible,  and  in  the  use  of  the  reason  which  God  has 
given  man,  these  Churches  have  been  intolerant  chiefly 
of  ignorance,  have  erected  schools  and  colleges  rather 
than  cathedrals,  and  have  made  the  centres  of  their  wor- 
ship not  altars  but  pulpits,  and  exalted  their  ministers 
not  as  priests  but  as  teachers.  Filled  with  this  spirit  the 
Church  founded  this  institution,  and  rejoices  in  the 
manner  in  which  the  trust  reposed  in  the  Seminary  has 
been  fulfilled. 

Carrying  out  the  trust  imposed  by  the  Church,  through 
the  Assembly,  it  is  recognized  that  the  educational  prog- 
ress made  by  the  institution  has  been  for  the  most  part 
due  to  its  able  and  scholarly  faculties,  whose  abilities  and 
wisdom  under  God  have  been  largely  instrumental  in  the 
production  of  ministers,  competent  both  by  abilities, 
learning  and  training,  for  the  high  and  holy  office  of  am- 

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bassadors  for  Jesus  Christ.  Beginning  with  men  such  as 
Archibald  Alexander,  Samuel  Miller  and  Charles  Hodge, 
this  line  of  efficient  teachers  has  been  distinguished  in 
every  generation  for  unstinted  and  eminent  service  both 
to  students  and  to  the  Church. 

The  Assembly  recognizes  also  the  faithfulness  in  ser- 
vice of  the  men  who  by  its  appointment  have  assiduously 
labored  as  directors  and  trustees  of  the  seminary,  per- 
forming carefully  the  several  duties  imposed  upon  them 
by  the  Church.  The  results  approve  them  as  workmen 
not  needing  to  be  ashamed. 

Another  point  of  congratulation  deals  with  and  has  to 
do  with  the  system  of  religious  belief  named  in  the  Plan 
of  the  Seminary  and  set  forth  in  the  Westminster  Con- 
fession of  Faith,  whose  first  and  most  emphasized  doc- 
trine is  the  inspiration  and  authority  of  the  Bible.  The 
Confession  declares  that  the  Holy  Scripture  is  "  the  Word 
of  God  written,"  and  all  "given  by  inspiration  of  God 
to  be  the  rule  of  faith  and  life."  Loyalty  to  the  Bible 
as  the  Word  of  God,  the  only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and 
life,  has  been  a  chief  characteristic  of  the  teaching  of  this 
Seminary  and  of  the  lives  of  its  Alumni.  Princeton  men 
have  not  treated  the  Bible  as  some  others  do,  dealing 
with  it  as  if  it  were  a  mere  human  book ;  and  the  reason 
therefor  is  to  be  found  in  their  recognition  of  its  a  priori 
claims  to  reverence  and  obedience,  and  the  valid  criti- 
cism of  the  attitude  of  their  antagonists  is  to  be  found 
in  the  belittling  by  the  latter  of  the  controlling  super- 
natural element  in  the  Book,  an  attitude  which  is  of  the 
very  essence  of  a  proud  unbelief. 

Accepting  the  Bible  as  the  Word  of  God,  Princeton 
holds  to  the  Calvinistic  System  as  a  whole.  Princeton 
men  are  not  Calvinists  because  their  fathers  were,  but 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

because  they  have  thought  out  and  fought  out  for  them- 
selves the  way  to  the  greatest  of  the  facts  of  the  universe, 
a  sovereign  God,  an  almighty  Saviour,  and  an  infallible 
Bible.  These  three  facts  are  the  only  sufficient  solutions 
of  the  mental,  moral  and  spiritual  problems  which  con- 
front and  trouble  mankind.  Believing  in  the  universe 
as  a  product  of  mind,  Calvinists  realize  first  of  all  that, 
when  the  Master  of  the  Universe  has  points  to  carry  in 
His  government,  He  impresses  His  will  in  the  structure 
of  minds.  And  Calvinists  believing  thus  in  divine  fore- 
ordination,  require  answers,  not  only  as  to  what  they 
must  believe,  but  also  as  to  what  they  ought  to  do.  Once 
having  come  intelligently  to  the  conception  of  the  sov- 
ereignty of  God  in  His  universe,  they  accept  all  the 
system  of  doctrine  in  Holy  Scripture  connected  with  that 
sovereignty,  and  there  remains  for  them  only  the  duty 
of  obedience  to  God.  Calvinists  are  men  of  action  as 
well  as  men  of  faith.  And,  therefore,  Princeton  has 
prospered. 

The  Plan  of  the  Seminary  also  requires  the  Seminary 
to  provide  for  the  Church  men  who  shall  be  able  to  de- 
fend her  faith  both  against  infidels  and  heretics.  De- 
fenders of  the  faith,  not  a  few  in  number,  have  been 
trained  in  this  institution  for  the  service  of  the  Church. 
No  statement  of  the  Seminary's  history  can  be  complete 
without  the  acknowledgment  of  what  has  been  done  by 
it  in  the  way  of  the  education  of  the  scholar,  not  only  for 
the  professor's  chair,  but  for  the  aggressive  dissemina- 
tion of  the  Calvinistic  and  Biblical  system  of  truth.  The 
Seminary  has  sometimes  been  criticised  for  endeavoring 
to  educate  " defenders  of  the  faith,"  but  in  so  doing  it 
has  been  simply  faithful  to  its  trust.  And  far  more 
could  have  been  done,  if  the  Church  had  provided  ade- 

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quately  for  the  accomplishment  of  this  duty  of  the  insti- 
tution. 

The  plan  of  the  Seminary  also  brings  out  the  idea  that 
it  is  to  preserve  the  unity  of  the  Church  through  edu- 
cating ministers  in  an  enlightened  attachment  to  the  plan 
of  government  of  the  Church.  To  representative  eccle- 
siastical republicanism,  of  which  the  American  Presby- 
terian Church  is  an  example,  this  institution  is  devoted. 
It  has  shown  this  devotion  repeatedly  in  many  ways. 
The  greatest  danger  in  recent  years  to  the  Church  as  to 
the  State  in  this  land  has  been  found  in  an  excess  of  in- 
dividuality, but  of  late  there  has  been  a  tendency  to  go  to 
the  other  extreme,  in  an  excess  of  corporate  organization. 
The  government  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  is  a  reason- 
able compromise  between  the  two  extremes  just  indi- 
cated. We  do  recognize  individuality,  but  we  also  accept 
and  use  those  cooperative  forces  of  human  society,  that 
in  this  generation  are  the  greatest  source  of  profitable 
service  to  mankind  in  general.  There  is  an  individuality 
in  which  self-will  is  the  supreme  force,  and  there  is  also 
an  individuality  which,  overcoming  the  limitations  of 
self,  finds  in  the  use  of  great  cooperative  forces  its  prin- 
cipal source  of  power,  its  chief  influence,  and  the  high- 
est reward  of  profitable  service.  The  individuality  of 
self  accomplishes  but  little  of  far-reaching  and  endur- 
ing value.  The  individuality  which  is  altruistic  makes 
for  world-wide  good.  It  has  given  birth  to  the  nation 
in  things  political,  it  is  the  strength  of  the  Church  in  all 
its  work.  The  value  of  this  cooperative  tendency  has 
been  made  clear  in  this  Church  for  over  two  hundred 
years,  and  the  oldest  republic  on  the  American  continent 
congratulates  this  institution  which  today  celebrates  its 
centennial,  upon  its  loyalty  to  Presbyterian  government, 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

and  in  particular  to  that  form  of  government  as  it  finds 
the  greatest  expression  of  its  beneficent  authority  and 
influence  in  the  General  Assembly.  That  authority  and 
influence,  for  instance,  has  planted  and  carries  on  for- 
eign missions  in  fifteen  different  countries,  and  has 
broadcasted  the  national  territory  with  missions  and 
congregations.  And  this  institution  has  ever  been  loyal 
to  the  supreme  governing  body  of  the  Church,  and  so  has 
been  influential  in  that  general  administrative  system 
which  finds,  as  does  the  Seminary,  the  fountain  of  its 
power  in  the  Assembly.  This  Seminary's  loyalty  to  the 
Assembly  is  loyalty  to  the  Church. 

The  General  Assembly  congratulates  itself  that  forty- 
three  of  its  moderators  have  received  training  within  the 
walls  of  this  institution,  that  fully  one-half  of  the  leaders 
in  the  missionary  and  benevolent  work  of  the  Church 
have  sat  at  the  feet  of  its  professors,  that  out  from  the 
institution  have  gone  hundreds  of  home  and  foreign  mis- 
sionaries, who  have  carried  the  gospel  to  every  portion 
of  our  own  country  and  throughout  the  world,  and  above 
all  that  here  have  been  trained  a  great  number  of  the 
pastors  of  the  Church  through  four  generations,  men 
who  have  built  up,  energetically  and  successfully,  the 
foundations  of  the  Kingdom  of  Christ  in  this  and  in 
other  lands.  No  one  can  estimate  the  good  that  has  been 
accomplished  through  the  ministers  educated  within 
these  walls,  who  serving  faithfully  in  their  respective 
spheres  of  labor,  have  built  up  Christ-likeness  in  many 
human  lives,  and  have  laid  the  foundations  of  churches 
and  organizations  which  have  become  powers  in  the 
Church  universal. 

The  Assembly  acknowledges  gratefully  the  loyalty  of 
a  wide  constituency  which,  from  the  origin  of  the  institu- 

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tion,  has  furnished  the  resources  which  have  enabled  it 
to  maintain  with  some  degree  of  adequacy  the  principal 
objects  for  which  it  was  established.  It  would  be  invidi- 
ous to  name  the  great  ones  among  these  benefactors,  for 
many  are  they  who  have  contributed,  from  the  Female 
Cent  Societies  of  1815  up  to  the  bequest  of  nearly  two 
millions  of  dollars  by  one  individual.  Back  of  both  the 
cent  and  the  millions  is  to  be  found  the  spirit  of  loyalty 
to  Jesus  Christ  and  His  truth. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  has  never  conceived  of  the 
Church  of  Christ  as  limited  within  the  bounds  of  any  one 
denomination  or  confined  to  any  one  branch  of  the 
Church.  Its  standards  have  always  maintained  that  all 
who  profess  the  true  religion  together  with  their  chil- 
dren constitute  the  Church  universal.  Thus  believing  it 
has  acted  upon  the  great  motto,  "In  essentials,  unity;  in 
nonessentials,  liberty ;  in  all  things,  charity".  The  doors 
of  the  institution,  therefore,  have  always  been  open  to 
students  of  all  the  evangelical  Churches,  and  the  influ- 
ence of  the  Church  through  the  Seminary  has  gone  out 
by  many  such  through  the  length  and  breadth  of  this  and 
other  lands.  The  Seminary  is  to  be  congratulated  upon 
its  catholicity  of  spirit  and  conduct. 

The  Assembly  congratulates  Princeton  and  its  constitu- 
ency upon  the  hopeful  future.  We  need  not  fear  as  to 
what  the  character  of  that  future  will  be.  At  times,  it  is 
true,  doubts  enter  into  some  minds,  and  pessimistic  views 
are  taken  of  the  outlook.  Time  and  again,  however,  the 
providence  of  God  has  vindicated  the  fidelity  of  this  in- 
stitution to  the  truth  in  the  past,  and  loyalty  to  its  convic- 
tions of  truth  has  brought  it  prosperity  where  adversity 
was  dreaded.  What  is  needed  is  to  stand  by  the  truth  with 
patient  courage  and  aggressive  faith,  at  no  time  con- 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

trolled  by  either  fears  within  or  fightings  without.  It 
has  been  said  for  instance  that  the  principal  use  of  a 
conservative  was  to  act  as  a  brakeman.  That  is  not  the 
fact,  and  it  has  not  been  the  fact  in  the  history  of  the 
Presbyterian  Churches,  except  as  those  who  are  conser- 
vatives have  failed  "to  lift  up  the  hands  that  hang  down 
and  the  feeble  knees. ' '  The  place  of  the  conservative  is 
that  of  the  conductor,  not  of  the  brakeman.  The  brake 
may  need  to  be  applied  to  a  train,  but  only  at  the  order 
of  the  conductor.  The  conservative  well  grounded  in 
doctrine  can  lead  in  all  progress  along  practical  lines. 
Unhampered  by  doubts  as  to  what  he  is  to  believe,  he  is 
free  to  do  the  things  for  which  God's  providence  opens 
the  way.  And  within  the  Presbyterian  Church  the  lead- 
ership belongs  to  those  who  are  loyal  to  Presbyterian 
principles.  Strength  of  conviction  means  loyalty,  and  it 
also  means  respect  from  men  of  differing  views.  Pres- 
byterians have  always  recognized  the  right  of  other 
Christians  to  hold  strong  convictions,  and  claimed  a 
similar  right  on  their  own  part.  While  with  strength 
of  conviction  must  always  be  found  that  catholicity 
which  is  true  Christian  charity,  it  is  also  true  that 
Christians  must  be  true  to  themselves.  The  primacy 
which  Princeton  has,  not  only  by  heredity  but  also  as  an 
actuality,  can  be  made,  therefore,  more  sure  and  more 
manifest  as  the  years  roll  on,  by  its  firm  adherence  to 
the  fundamentals  of  the  Presbyterian  system  of  doc- 
trine. 

The  Princeton  of  the  future  we  believe,  has  a  greater 
prospect  of  usefulness  before  it  than  has  ever  been 
known  in  the  past.  Relying  upon  Him  who  is  the  al- 
mighty Father,  trusting  to  the  care  of  Him  who  is  the 
divine  Saviour,  guided  by  the  infallible  Word,  it  will 

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increase  in  true  service  from  year  to  year  to  that  Church 
of  Jesus  Christ  which  is  the  only  enduring  thing  upon 
this  earth.  Men  come  and  men  go,  but  the  Church  en- 
dures. Heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away  but  the  Church 
shall  not  pass  away.  It  is  deathless  with  the  life  of  the 
eternal  God.  Serving  the  Church  with  fidelity  to  Christ, 
and  acting  in  accordance  with  the  divine  law,  the  devo- 
tion of  the  past  and  the  present  will  be  the  inspiration  of 
the  future,  and  Princeton  will  earnestly  and  effectively 
do  its  part  in  the  upbuilding  of  that  temple  of  living 
stones,  in  the  completion  of  which,  the  love  of  God  for 
the  world  shall  one  day  find  the  consummation  of  its 
power,  its  grace,  and  its  glory. 


FROM  THE  OTHER  PRESBYTERIAN 
AND  REFORMED  CHURCHES 

BY  THE  EEVEEEND  JOHN  CEAWFOBD  SCOULLER,  D.D. 

Pastor  of  the  Fourth  United  Presbyterian  Church,  Philadelphia 

Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  United 

Presbyterian  Church  of  North  America 

President  Patton  and  friends  of  Princeton: 

IT  would  seem  on  such  an  occasion  as  this,  and  in  such  a 
presence,  one  ought  to  begin  with  a  quotation  from 
the  Scriptures,  yet  to  do  this,  in  your  presence,  I  am  free 
to  acknowledge,  I  hesitate.  There  is  a  vast  difference 
between  what  we  say  the  Scriptures  say,  and  what  they 
really  do  say.  We  may  differ  in  opinion  as  to  what  cer- 
tain of  the  Scriptures  mean,  but  theological  professors 
ought  to  know  at  least  what  they  say. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

There  is  a  portion  of  Scripture  which  comes  to  me 
from  my  boyhood  that  illustrates  what  I  mean.  I  was 
taught  to  reverence  old  age,  because  "gray  hairs  are 
honorable."  But  in  later  life,  I  found  that  there  was  a 
distinction  as  I  met  from  time  to  time  some  who  were 
wearing  the  crown  of  glory,  yet  about  whom  there  was 
nothing  that  was  worthy  of  honor;  and  I  was  glad  to 
learn  that  the  quotation  was  wrong,  that  the  Scriptures 
did  not  take  any  such  position  as  that,  but  that  the  quo- 
tation was,  "The  hoary  head  is  a  crown  of  glory,  if  it  be 
found  in  the  way  of  righteousness. ' '  We  are  not  called 
upon  to  honor  a  thing  because  it  is  old,  but  we  are  called 
upon  to  honor  this  institution  because  it  has  always  been 
in  the  way  of  righteousness.  We  do  honor  to  ourselves 
in  honoring  it  here  this  afternoon,  because  behind  these 
old  institutions  lies  the  whole  secret,  the  forceful  and 
faithful  teaching  of  the  science  of  God. 

I  have  been  greatly  impressed  while  walking  around 
among  the  University  buildings  here,  and  our  hearts  are 
with  your  new  president  in  the  work  he  has  before  him. 
But  when  I  think  of  the  Theological  Seminary  with  its 
special  work,  the  teaching  of  the  science  of  God,  I  am 
profoundly  impressed. 

I  bring  congratulations  from  our  Church,  because  this 
institution,  during  all  this  number  of  years,  has  stood 
for  the  faithful  teaching  of  this  science  of  God,  and  it 
has,  I  believe,  sought  to  bring  into  that  teaching  all  of 
the  resources  of  philosophy,  metaphysics  and  kindred 
sciences  on  the  ground  that  a  man 's  faith  in  the  Word  of 
God  is  not  shaken  on  account  of  this  higher  learning,  but 
that  it  makes  him  a  better  witness  and  better  able  to  tes- 
tify to  that  Word;  and  he  goes  forth  better  equipped 
and  better  prepared  for  this  work. 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

We  rejoice  that  this  Seminary  has  stood  all  these  years 
for  the  deity  of  Christ,  for  the  revealed  Word  of  God, 
for  the  indwelling  Spirit,  and  stood  faithful  to  them 
all ;  and  I  bring  the  congratulations  of  a  Church  which, 
as  you  know,  believes  with  you  in  the  higher  learning, 
and  thinks  that  it  has  done  the  very  best  it  could  with 
the  material  that  has  been  furnished  during  all  these 
years. 

In  the  early  history  of  our  branch  of  the  Church,  we 
built  the  log-cabin  school  alongside  of  the  log-cabin 
church,  and  afterwards  we  built  the  log-cabin  seminary. 

We  bring  the  congratulations  of  a  Church  which  has 
thoroughly  endorsed  the  work  of  this  Seminary,  a  Church 
which  receives  with  gratitude  everything  and  everybody 
who  bears  the  Princeton  hall-mark.  We  differ  from 
your  branch  of  the  Church  not  so  much  in  character  as 
in  behavior,  and  as  we  read  the  early  history  of  the 
Church  in  common  with  your  own,  for  we  were  one,  we 
see  there  were  troublous  times ;  there  were  circumstances 
which  called  for  very  wise  action  on  the  part  of  the 
leaders  of  the  Church.  While  your  ancestry  did  not  al- 
ways agree  entirely  with  my  ancestry,  it  is  no  puzzle  to 
those  who  know  these  said  ancestors. 

Mrs.  McFadden  had  invited  some  friends  to  her  home 
one  afternoon  to  enjoy  the  refreshing  shade  of  her  front 
lawn.  As  they  were  seated  together,  they  heard  the 
music  of  a  band,  and  a  troop  of  soldiers  marched  by. 
Mrs.  McFadden  said,  ''That  is  Company  L.  My  boy 
John  belongs  to  that  company."  As  the  soldiers  came 
along,  she  pointed  him  out,  the  fourth  man  in  the  third 
column,  and  said,  " Isn't  he  noble  and  manly?"  After 
he  had  gone  by,  there  were  a  great  many  complimentary 
things  said,  perforce,  about  the  soldierly  appearance  of 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

the  men.  Mrs.  McFadden  said,  "I  noticed  one  thing 
you  may  have  failed  to  notice ;  in  all  that  marching  com- 
pany of  men,  my  son  was  the  only  man  who  had  the 
step ' \  Now,  I  presume  that  my  ancestry,  while  they  were 
very  few,  rejoiced  in  the  fact  that  they  had  the  step. 

One  of  the  branches  of  our  Church  has  been  called  the 
"Seceder  Church,"  and  as  I  came  to  read  the  history 
through,  I  thought  the  name  was  somewhat  appropriate. 
From  time  to  time,  there  were  a  few  people  who  seceded 
—dissented  and  seceded.  I  think  it  might  fairly  be 
called  the  " Church  of  the  Apostolic  Secession." 

But  while  we  have  been  such,  we  were  also  a  Church  of 
union,  as  our  name  bears  witness.  It  is  true  that 
after  uniting  two  branches,  it  nearly  always  left  three 
Churches,  each  one  of  which  thought  it  had  the  step; 
but  let  us  hope  they  were  all  in  the  way  of  righteousness. 
Whatever  we  have  been  as  a  Church,  whatever  we  are  as 
a  Church,  we  owe  much  to  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary, not  because  she  has  trained  so  many  of  our  minis- 
try—though she  has  trained  some,  of  all  of  whom  we  are 
proud— but  because  she  has  had  much  to  do  with  the 
shaping  of  the  course  of  training  in  our  seminaries.  One 
of  our  seminaries— I  don't  know  whether  you  know  it 
or  not,  Dr.  Patton— is  a  few  years  older  than  yours ;  it 
was  founded  in  1794.  But  it  was  not  founded  with  all 
wisdom :  the  influence  of  the  theological  teaching  of  this 
Seminary  has  had  much  to  do  with  the  shaping  of  the 
curriculum  in  our  own  Seminary,  and  we  can  trace  the 
trend  in  its  life  to  this. 

We  rejoice  in  this,  and  we  are  glad  to  bring  you  its 
congratulations  this  afternoon.  May  the  influence  of 
Princeton  abide  and  be  wide-spread. 

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FROM  OTHER  CHURCHES 

BY  THE  EIGHT  EEVEEEND  DAVID  HUMMELL  GEEEE,  D.D.,  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 

Diocese  of  New  York 

Mr.  Chairman ;  Gentlemen: 

I  AM  surprised  and  pleased  to  find  in  this  Presbyterian 
assemblage  how  much  at  home  I  am  here.  You  all 
seem  just  like  Episcopalians.  Whether  it  is  because  I 
am  so  much  like  you  or  you  so  much  like  me  I  am  not 
prepared  to  say.  Perhaps  because  of  this  somewhat  am- 
biguous identity  on  my  part  I  was  called  up  a  few  days 
ago  by  an  enterprising  journalist  who  said  that  impor- 
tant news  had  just  come  into  that  office;  the  cannibals, 
it  had  just  been  learned,  had  eaten  two  Presbyterian 
missionaries,  and  he  wanted  to  know  what  I  was  going 
to  do  about  it.  There  seemed  to  be  nothing  to  be  done, 
though  I  might  have  said,  "Let  the  good  work  go  on." 

Dr.  Patton  said  to  me  a  moment  ago  that  if  ever  the 
Episcopalian  Church  wanted  an  archbishop,  and  he 
thought  the  signs  were  pointing  in  that  direction,  he 
would  nominate  for  the  office  our  friend  Dr.  Eoberts.  I 
promised  him— in  fact,  I  made  a  sort  of  contract  with 
him  on  the  spot— that  if  Dr.  Roberts  would  become  an 
Episcopalian  we  would  make  him  an  archbishop.  We 
don't  want  an  archbishop  in  the  Episcopal  Church,  but 
I  thought  I  was  safe  in  making  the  promise. 

Mr.  Chairman  and  gentlemen :  I  am  glad  of  the  oppor- 
tunity this  occasion  gives  me  to  acknowledge  my  per- 
sonal indebtedness  to  the  Presbyterian  Church,  if  not  for 
my  theological  training,  at  least  for  some  measure  of  my 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

intellectual  training.  In  the  college  at  which  I  was  a 
student  (not  Princeton,  but  elsewhere),  the  Exposition 
of  the  Westminster  Confession  was  a  prescribed  part,  at 
that  time,  of  the  established  curriculum,  and  I  had  to  take 
a  course  in  it  once  every  week.  Whether  my  present 
soundness  in  the  faith  is  due  to  that  fact  I  do  not  know, 
but  I  do  know  that  it  was  at  the  time  good  mental  train- 
ing for  me.  The  intellectual  discipline  which  it  gave  me, 
while  it  did  not  have  the  effect  to  make  me  in  any  sense  a 
great  metaphysical  critic  (which  I  am  not),  "profoundly 
skilled  in  analytic,"  able  like  Hudibras  "to  sever  and  di- 
vide a  hair  twixt  sou '  and  sou  'west  side  " ;  it  did  I  am  sure 
sharpen  somewhat  my  limited  mental  faculties  and 
give  them  a  finer  edge.  It  taught  me  how  to  think. 
Professor  Tyndall  says  in  speaking  of  his  indebtedness 
to  Hegel,  Fichte  and  others,  that  while  these  eminent 
teachers  called  on  him  to  act  he  reserved  to  himself  the 
privilege  of  taking  his  own  line  of  action  and  of  becom- 
ing not  a  philosopher  but  a  scientific  student.  So,  while 
that  study  of  the  Westminster  Confession  did  teach  me 
to  think,  I  did  not  as  the  result  think  myself  into  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  but  reserved  to  myself  the  privi- 
lege of  thinking  myself  more  fully  into  the  Church  in 
which  I  was  born  and  of  which  I  am  still  a  member. 

But  I  am  not  here  to  speak  personal  words  or  to  give 
a  personal  greeting,  but  as  the  topic  or  toast  implies,  to 
give  you  greeting  in  behalf  of  my  own  "and  all  the  other 
Churches. ' '  I  appreciate  the  compliment  with  its  impli- 
cation of  a  recognition  that  there  is  a  little  marginal 
fringe  in  Christendom  beyond  the  line  and  border  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  And  what  shall  I  say  for  those 
other  Churches'?  Is  there  a  common  bond  that  binds 
them  all  together  and  unites  them  all  with  you?    Most 

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assuredly  there  is.  It  is  the  dominion,  the  personal  do- 
minion, not  of  the  dead  and  absent  but  of  the  living 
Christ,  which  in  spite  of  all  the  changes  so  many  and  so 
great  which  have  taken  place  in  the  past  has  not  been 
disturbed,  but  has  strengthened  and  increased  and 
widened  more  and  more  with  the  "process  of  the  suns." 
Whatever  their  differences  may  be,  it  is  that  personal 
dominion  of  the  living  Christ  which  binds  them  all  to- 
gether. It  is  also  that  personal  dominion  of  the  living 
Christ  which  constitutes  the  distinctive  feature  of  the 
Christian  religion  and  that  differentiates  it  from  all 
other  religions.  Those  other  religions  survived  as  reli- 
gious codes  or  systems,  but  their  founders,  except  as 
more  or  less  influential  names,  have  not  survived  with 
them.  But  the  Founder  of  the  Christian  religion  does 
indeed  survive,  not  merely  in  His  teaching,  not  merely  in 
His  influence,  like  that  "of  the  sceptred  sovereigns  who 
still  rule  us  from  their  urns,"  but  as  a  living  Person, 
living  in  His  Church,  as  the  power  of  His  Church;  its 
power  in  the  past,  its  power  in  the  present,  and  the  power 
by  which  it  will  not  only  do  its  work  in  the  world  but  will 
do  the  world's  work,  and  which  like  nothing  else  will 
help  to  solve  the  world's  pressing  and  present  problems, 
social  and  economic,  national  and  international,  or  what- 
ever they  may  be. 

While  therefore  in  one  sense  it  would  be  arrogant  and 
presumptuous  for  me  to  venture  to  speak  in  behalf  of 
the  Churches  of  Christendom  other  than  my  own,  I  am 
confident  that  I  may  do  so  in  the  name  of  that  living 
Christ  whom  they  all  acknowledge,  and  to  whom,  in  spite 
of  all  their  differences,  they  give  their  allegiance  and 
their  faith.  Those  differences  do  indeed  exist.  We  are 
not  blind  to  them.  Even  Dr.  Roberts  intimates  that  there 

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are  some  differences  in  the  Presbyterian  Church ;  and  it 
cannot  be  disputed  I  think  that  such  differences  do  exist, 
if  not  in  your  theology,  at  least  in  your  theological  em- 
phasis from  that  of  a  hundred  years  ago  when  your  Semi- 
nary was  founded.  But  I  am  one  of  those  who  believe 
that  these  diversities  or  differences  will  in  time  be  healed, 
and  that  these  discords  will  at  last  melt  and  merge  some- 
how into  a  deeper  and  richer  harmony.  I  certainly  do 
not  wish  to  repudiate,  nor  do  you,  the  theology  of  the 
past.  We  are  born  of  that  theology ;  it  is  our  inheritance. 
We  could  not  repudiate  it  even  if  we  would.  And  so  with 
the  living  Christ  we  shall  meet  the  duties  of  today  and  the 
issue  of  tomorrow,  facing  the  future,  yet  planted  firmly 
on  the  past ;  and  so  like  Dante's  pilgrim  we  shall  journey 
on  and  up  the  rough  and  rugged  mountain  side  towards 
the  distant  mountain  top,  with  the  hinder  foot  still 
firmer. 


FROM  THE  SEMINARIES  OF  THE  PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 

BY  THE  REVEREND  JAMES  GORE  KING  McCLURE,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

President  of  McCormick  Theological  Seminary 
Chicago,  Illinois 

IT  is  a  great  privilege  before  this  remarkable  audience 
on  an  occasion  of  so  much  significance  to  attempt  to 
express  the  congratulations  and  good  wishes  of  the  theo- 
logical seminaries  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America. 

There  is  a  sense  in  which,  like  Jerusalem  which  is 
from  above,  Princeton  is  the  mother  of  us  all.    We  have 

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all  come  to  our  birth  since  she  entered  upon  her  begin- 
ning. We  have  all  been  influenced  by  her  methods,  her 
spirit,  her  teaching  and  her  successes.  In  a  thousand 
ways  she  has  been  to  us  the  guide  of  our  youth,  the  direc- 
tor of  our  manhood  and  the  companion  of  our  maturity. 
Her  existence  is  the  justification  of  our  own  existence. 
A  new  system  of  training  Presbyterian  ministers  in  the 
United  States  came  to  its  initiation  in  her.  That  system 
in  due  time  secured  the  approval  of  the  Church.  Be- 
cause of  that  approval  of  the  system  which  Princeton 
represented,  we  had  our  birth. 

All  these  seminaries  come,  therefore,  today  to  bring 
their  greetings  to  their  mother,  to  lay  at  her  feet  their 
tribute  of  gratitude,  to  express  to  her  their  appreciation 
of  all  that  she  has  been  to  them,  and  to  assure  her  of  their 
present  and  of  their  abiding  affection.  Never  did  chil- 
dren gather  about  a  beloved  parent  in  the  hour  of  that 
parent's  honor  with  more  genuine  and  more  profound 
esteem  than  do  the  children  of  Princeton  gather  about 
their  mother  at  this  glad  time. 

If  it  is  a  great  privilege  to  speak  as  the  representative 
of  the  theological  seminaries  in  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  the  United  States  of  America,  it  is  likewise  a  great 
responsibility  to  attempt  in  any  wise  to  f  orthtell  the  sen- 
timents of  their  hearts.  These  seminaries  are  twelve  in 
number.  Their  locations  are  widely  scattered.  They 
virtually  extend  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific  coast, 
covering  the  intermediate  portions  of  this  good  land. 
One  by  one,  according  as  the  Church  has  felt  that  there 
was  a  need,  each  has  arisen  to  occupy  a  definite  portion 
of  our  territory  and  attempt  the  work  that  seemed  to  be 
needed.  We  minister  both  to  those  whose  faces  are  white 
and  those  whose  faces  are  black,  both  to  those  who  are 

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conversant  with  the  English  tongue  and  to  those  who  are 
conversant  with  the  German,  Bohemian  and  other 
tongues.  The  influence  of  these  seminaries  extends  far 
beyond  the  general  locality  in  which  they  are  placed. 
That  influence  has  gone  into  every  portion  of  the  world, 
for  there  is  not  a  nation  upon  the  earth  today  without 
representatives  from  one  or  more  of  these  seminaries 
who  in  their  places  are  trying  to  bring  the  highest  pos- 
sible blessings  to  those  about  them. 

Then,  too,  this  should  be  noted,  that  Princeton  has 
been  the  one  who  to  so  large  a  degree  has  contributed  her 
graduates  to  the  working  faculties  of  these  scattered  and 
useful  seminaries.  When  the  full  record  of  this  Centen- 
nial Celebration  shall  have  been  gathered  up,  it  will  be 
seen  that  man  after  man  of  those  who  in  the  later  years 
of  their  lives  became  so  thoroughly  associated  with  the 
seminaries  in  which  their  work  was  done  that  men  ordi- 
narily think  of  them  only  in  connection  with  such  semi- 
naries, received  their  training  and  were  prepared  for 
their  usefulness  in  Princeton. 

That  there  are  so  many  seminaries  of  such  diversified 
types,  with  such  fields  of  influence  and  with  such  a  pro- 
duct of  helpfulness,  is  suggestive  of  the  growth  that  has 
taken  place  in  our  country  since  the  action  of  our  Gen- 
eral Assembly  whereby  Princeton  Seminary,  one  hun- 
dred years  ago,  became  a  possibility,  and  suggestive,  too, 
of  the  growth  of  our  denomination,  which  has  spread  far 
and  wide  until  it  covers  the  land ;  and  suggestive,  also,  of 
the  growth  of  the  system  of  education  itself  which  first 
came  to  its  expression  in  the  founding  of  this  institution. 
Theological  seminaries  are  today  a  fixed  part  of  our  reli- 
gious life.  Toward  them  the  thought  and  prayer  of  the 
Church  turn  with  confident  expectation  that  they  will 

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furnish  the  material  whereby  the  work  of  saving  the 
world  shall  be  advanced. 

It  is  noticeable,  too,  in  this  connection  how  few  of  all 
the  thousands  upon  thousands  who  have  been  connected 
with  our  seminaries  as  students  have  failed  to  lead  help- 
ful lives.  They  have  gone  to  small  and  large  place  alike. 
They  have  met  every  kind  of  difficulty,  and  even  every 
kind  of  privation.  Each  one  of  these  seminaries  has  its 
roll  of  Christian  martyrs.  Each  of  them  can  tell  of  num- 
berless instances  in  which  its  graduates  have  opened 
blind  eyes,  comforted  lonely  hearts,  and  led  darkened 
souls  into  the  light  and  life  of  God.  There  is  no  such 
beautiful  product  anywhere  to  be  found  upon  the  earth 
as  the  product  of  theological  seminaries.  And  our  hearts 
grow  warm  and  our  tones  tender  as  we  think  of  this  won- 
derful privilege,  granted  to  our  seminaries,  in  having 
part  in  the  refreshing  and  saving  of  humanity. 

But  beside  the  privilege  and  the  responsibility  of  this 
hour,  there  is  the  humor  of  it.  To  think  that  one  indi- 
vidual like  myself  should  attempt  to  speak  as  the  repre- 
sentative of  all  our  seminaries  when  there  is  such  a  va- 
riety of  individuality  in  these  seminaries,  in  the  type  of 
men  constituting  their  faculties  and  in  the  proportions 
and  emphases  of  truth  which  they  express ! 

It  is  sometimes  said  of  our  Presbyterian  Church  that 
one  of  its  great  tendencies  is  to  develop  individuality. 
We  liken  our  Church  to  a  splendid  piece  of  solid  hickory. 
Hickory  is  strong,  but  it  splits  easily.  Our  Church,  in  its 
emphasis  upon  the  fact  that  each  one  of  us  finally  stands 
alone  before  God  in  his  individuality,  creates  an  atmo- 
sphere in  which  there  is  danger  of  great  diversity  of 
sentiment.  Besides,  we  do  attempt  to  explain  much  of 
the  workings  of  the  Divine  mind.    We  do  not  hesitate  to 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

go  back  even  into  eternity  itself  and  deal  with  what  we 
call  the  Eternal  Decrees,  and  that  is  a  long  way  to  go. 
There  is  ever  a  possibility  that  one  and  another  may  not 
follow  exactly  the  same  track  in  getting  to  the  original 
sources.  And  then  this,  too,  is  true ;  that  we  attempt  to 
define  very  closely.  We  hold  to  the  general  proposition 
that  it  is  only  through  definition  that  there  can  be  close 
and  accurate  reasoning.  But  just  so  soon  as  we  define, 
we  separate;  and  separation  is  bound  to  produce  vari- 
eties of  interpretation. 

Now  for  me  upon  this  occasion  to  stand  here  and  at- 
tempt to  be  the  mouthpiece  of  all  these  seminaries,  in  all 
their  varieties  of  expression,  in  all  their  different  types 
of  temperament,  in  all  their  definitions,  would  be  a  most 
hazardous  undertaking.  I  am  afraid  that  Bedlam  would 
be  quietness  itself  compared  to  the  scene  which  would 
ensue,  if  I,  on  my  own  responsibility,  should  have  the 
audacity  to  make  a  brief  statement  of  the  faith  of  all 
these  seminaries  and  of  the  individual  members  of  their 
faculties  and  lay  it  before  this  audience  at  this  time ! 

And  still  these  varieties  of  expression  are  evidences  of 
our  fidelity  to  convictions.  There  could  be  nothing  so 
serious  to  the  welfare  of  the  world  as  to  have  all  our 
seminaries  cut  exactly  upon  the  same  pattern.  Men  can- 
not be  true  to  themselves,  to  their  times,  to  the  needs  of 
their  localities  and  put  into  formulated  statement  with 
the  same  degree  of  emphasis  and  proportion  their  reli- 
gious beliefs.  Ours  is  a  very  comprehensive  Bible. 
James  and  Paul  are  in  it,  though  at  first  glance  to  some 
minds  they  might  seem  quite  apart  the  one  from  the 
other.  Ours  is  a  comprehensive  Confession  of  Faith. 
The  long  debates  that  led  up  to  its  acceptance  did  not 
and  could  not  cause  all  minds  to  acquiesce  in  the  ipsis- 

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sima  verba  of  one  another's  views.  Ours  is  a  compre- 
hensive Church,  and  men  of  different  births,  of  different 
spiritual  experiences,  of  different  attitudes  toward  meth- 
ods of  evangelization  are  bound  to  arise,  and  our  glory 
is  that  these  seminaries  aim  to  meet  all  needs  and  to  send 
out  men  prepared  to  carry  their  own  special  messages 
to  the  needy  hearts  of  mankind. 

So  there  is  to  my  own  mind  great  felicity  in  this  op- 
portunity. Variety  expresses  itself  here  and  now  in  har- 
mony. We  are  one  in  our  purpose.  There  is  not  a  single 
divergence  from  fidelity  to  our  testimony  to  the  great- 
ness, the  goodness,  the  lovableness  of  God.  Princeton 
has  always  made  God  large.  So  each  of  us  and  all  of  us 
in  our  special  lines  intend  to  lift  God  before  the  world  in 
such  a  way  that  all  shall  see  His  matchless  majesty  and 
goodness,  and  shall  be  drawn  to  adore  and  serve  Him. 
When  Dr.  Charles  Hodge  was  here,  his  opening  prayer 
in  the  classroom  was  again  and  again  offered  with  a 
tremulous  tone,  while  the  tears  flowed  down  his  cheeks. 
As  he  drew  near  to  the  God  whom  he  reverenced  and 
loved,  his  heart  was  submerged  with  tenderness  and  de- 
votion. Such  a  God,  sovereign  indeed  of  heaven  and 
earth,  creator  and  ruler  of  all  He  has  made,  than  whom 
there  can  be  no  other,  making  Himself  known  in  the 
fulness  of  His  benignity  in  Jesus  Christ,  is  the  God  that 
each  seminary  exalts. 

We  are  one,  too,  in  the  fact  that  we  never  overlook 
in  any  wise,  the  nature,  the  place,  the  power  and  the  guilt 
of  sin,  nor  do  we  ever  overlook  or  in  any  wise  minimize 
the  redemptive  work  of  Jesus  Christ,  God's  Son,  our 
Lord  and  Saviour,  who  came  into  this  world  to  bear  the 
sins  of  God's  people,  and  to  bring  us  into  harmony  with 
the  Father.    Nor  do  we  ever  overlook  or  minimize  in  any 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

wise  the  convicting,  regenerating  and  sanctifying  grace 
of  the  Holy  Spirit.  Every  one  of  us  holds  to  the  unique 
place  of  the  Bible.  It  is  our  authority.  Every  problem 
of  philosophy,  every  problem  of  life,  is  tested  by  the 
Holy  Scriptures.  Nor  does  any  one  of  us  fail  in  loyalty 
to  the  Presbyterian  Church,  whose  children  and  servants 
we  are. 

As  we  are  one  in  our  purpose,  we  are  all  one  in  our 
gratitude.  We  thank  God  that  Princeton  has  always  had 
convictions  which  she  has  never  hesitated  to  avow.  We 
thank  God  for  the  scholarly  methods  which  have  always 
characterized  her  teaching.  We  thank  Him  too  for  the 
scholarly  requirements  which  she  has  demanded  of  those 
who  have  been  prepared  by  her  for  the  gospel  ministry. 
The  mere  mention  of  these  causes  of  gratitude  is  sug- 
gestive of  what  uncertain  results  would  have  followed  to 
the  Presbyterian  Church  and  to  the  Church  of  God 
throughout  the  world  if  Princeton  had  not  been  distin- 
guished in  these  lines. 

Where  shall  we  stop  in  speaking  of  our  gratitude? 
Who  can  be  so  appreciative  of  the  men  who  have  served 
in  Princeton's  Faculty  as  ourselves  who  in  our  own  fac- 
ulties recognize  the  temptations  and  the  difficulties  of 
theological  education?  We  bless  God  with  overflowing 
hearts  for  the  generations  of  instructors  who  have  suc- 
ceeded one  another  through  these  one  hundred  years,  and 
who  have  left  an  indelible  stamp  of  goodness  and  great- 
ness upon  our  Church  and  upon  the  world.  Nor  can  I 
omit  to  express  gratitude  for  those  who  in  the  position 
of  directors  and  of  trustees  have  nourished  this  institu- 
tion, have  strengthened  its  life  and  have  given  it  increas- 
ing development  for  good.  And  once  again  my  heart 
glows  with  thankfulness  as  I  think  of  the  multitudes  of 

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students  who  having  been  made  ready  in  this  institution 
have  gone  like  rays  of  sunlight  wherever  the  darkness  of 
sin  is,  to  chase  away  the  shades  of  night,  and  bring  the 
world  into  the  light  of  God's  eternal  day. 

As  we  are  one  in  our  common  purpose  and  in  our 
common  gratitude,  we  are  also  one  in  our  common  wish. 
That  wish  is  that  God  may  look  with  constant  and 
abounding  favor  on  this  institution  as  it  enters  into  the 
new  century;  that  Princeton's  graduates  who  are  here 
today,  and  those  who  are  elsewhere  throughout  the 
world,  may  always  have  the  seal  of  God's  blessing  on 
their  hearts,  homes  and  work ;  that  this  institution,  with 
each  new  year  of  its  life,  may  see  more  clearly  and  more 
deeply  into  the  eternal  verities,  and  may  be  used  by  God 
increasingly  to  the  bringing  in  of  that  time  when  every 
knee  shall  bow  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  king- 
doms of  this  world  shall  become  the  Kingdom  of  our  God 
and  of  His  Christ. 

And  to  His  name  shall  be  all  the  praise. 


FROM  THE  SEMINARIES  OF  OTHER  CHURCHES 

I 

BY  THE  EEVEKEND  WILLISTON  WALKER,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  L.H.D. 
Titus  Street  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History 
Yale  University  Divinity  School 
,  New  Haven,  Connecticut 

WERE  this  an  occasion  commemorative  of  Prince- 
ton University,  instead  of  the  Centennial  of 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  I  should  be  tempted  to 
make  large  assertions  of  Yale  ownership,  if  not  in  pres- 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

ent  successes,  at  least  in  educational  origins.  I  should 
not  merely  claim  its  first  three  presidents,  Jonathan 
Dickinson,  Aaron  Burr  and  Jonathan  Edwards  as  sons 
of  Yale,  but  I  should  look  upon  some  portion  at  least  of 
its  material  structure  as  belonging  to  Connecticut  as  I 
recall  that,  in  1753,  when  the  legislature  of  New  Jersey 
proved  an  unsympathetic  step-mother,  that  of  Connecti- 
cut granted  aid  to  the  then  struggling  college  by  a  lottery 
"for  the  encouragement  of  religion  and  learning"  as  the 
act  ran. 

Yet  even  in  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  I  would 
claim  for  Connecticut  a  certain  share,  for  it  was  in  a  Gen- 
eral Assembly  in  which  the  Congregational  churches  of 
Connecticut  were  then  regularly  represented  that  your 
foundations  were  laid.  I  remember,  also,  as  a  represen- 
tative of  Yale,  that  President  Theodore  Dwight  Wool- 
sey,  whose  name  is  venerated  among  us,  had  his 
theological  training  in  Princeton  Seminary.  As  a  Con- 
gregationalist,  moreover,  I  rejoice  to  recall  that  it  was 
the  example  of  a  Congregational  Theological  Seminary 
—that  of  Andover— that  in  some  measure  stimulated  the 
endeavors,  the  fruition  of  which  a  century  ago  we  now 
commemorate.  We  have  not  always  looked  at  Christian 
truth  from  the  same  angle  of  vision.  Yale  and  Princeton 
have  had  their  dissimilarities  theologically  as  in  other 
respects.  But  deeper  than  any  differences  of  interpre- 
tation has  been,  I  believe,  a  profound  similarity  in  desire 
to  know  the  truth  and  to  advance  the  Kingdom  of  God 
by  loyal  service  to  our  common  Master,  the  ever-living 
Christ. 

It  is  not  only  as  an  official  representative  of  Yale  and 
of  its  department  of  theology,  but  in  an  unofficial  sense 
as  a  messenger  of  Congregationalism,  and  of  theological 

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training  far  wider  than  the  Congregational  field,  that  I 
wonld  bring  you  heartiest  congratulations.  What  a 
wealth  of  hallowed  memories  a  hundred  years  involves. 
What  consecrated  service  by  good  men  living  and  dead. 
What  hopes  and  labors  and  prayers.  What  a  host  of 
servants  of  God  have  here  had  their  preparation  for 
their  work  and  their  stimulus  to  consecrated  endeavor. 
Well  may  you  rejoice  that  the  providence  of  God  has  led 
you  thus  onward  in  ever  increasing  usefulness  these  hun- 
dred years. 

Our  thoughts  on  such  an  anniversary  turn  naturally  to 
the  past.    It  is  with  the  achievements  of  the  century  just 
closed  that  we  have  chiefly  to  do.    But  we  should  be  un- 
worthy sons  of  those  who  laid  the  foundations  in  their 
poverty,  rich  only  in  faith  in  God,  if  we  in  our  time 
failed  to  have  something  of  their  breadth  of  vision  and 
willingness  to  meet  enlarging  needs.   In  a  real  sense  they 
were  Christian  pioneers.    They  saw  that  the  churches 
needed  a  better  trained  ministry.    They  felt  that  the  pro- 
visions of  the  past  were  inadequate  to  the  demands  of 
the  present.    They  began  their  work  with  courage  and 
with  determination  to  equip  the  servants  of  the  churches 
more  perfectly  for  their  tasks.    The  century  that  has 
gone  has  witnessed  a  constant  enlargement  in  the  oppor- 
tunities of  Christian  service.    Once  it  was  sufficient  to 
train  for  the  pulpit  only.    Then  came  the  demand  for 
missionary  preparation.    Now  religious  education  and 
social  betterment  in  the  name  of  Christ  are  knocking  at 
our  doors.    The  conception  of  the  ministry  is  widening 
as  the  Church  becomes  increasingly  conscious  of  the  mul- 
tiformity of  its  mission.    It  must  have  its  pastors  and 
missionaries.    It  needs  its  teachers  and  its  social  workers 
in  town  and  country  no  less. 


CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

If  we  would  have  men  a  hundred  years  hence  look  back 
upon  us  with  something  of  the  honor  with  which  we  now 
reverence  the  founders  of  American  theological  educa- 
tion, we  must  have  something  of  their  largeness  of  out- 
look. We  must  see  the  needs  of  our  times  as  clearly  as 
they  saw  the  necessities  of  theirs.  We  must  plan  with 
equal  courage  to  meet  the  demands  which  are  upon  us. 
As  they  enlarged  the  opportunities  for  ministerial  train- 
ing beyond  what  had  satisfied  the  age  before  them,  so 
must  we  go  forward.  A  training  for  wider  service,  in 
many  differentiated  forms,  must  be  our  ideal.  Theologi- 
cal education  cannot  rest  where  it  now  stands,  if  we  are 
to  have  the  spirit  which  led  them  to  plan  their  mighty 
advances.  The  task  before  us  is  to  make  our  schools 
more  adequate  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  century  in  which 
we  live. 

But  on  this  festal  day  our  chief  thoughts  are  of  rejoic- 
ing and  of  congratulation.  As  members  of  a  sisterhood 
of  schools  for  ministerial  training  we  bring  our  heartiest 
greetings  to  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America.  The 
good  hand  of  God  has  led  you  through  a  hundred  years 
of  service.  Loyal  devotion  and  grateful  recollection  look 
to  you  this  day  from  all  over  this  land  and  from  coun- 
tries beyond  the  seas,  and  joy  with  you.  May  He  who 
inspired  the  founders,  and  has  so  prospered  their  work, 
grant  you  in  increasing  measure  His  favor  in  the  years 
to  come.  May  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  have  an 
ever  larger  share  in  bringing  on  the  glad  time  when  the 
Redeemer's  Kingdom  " shall  have  dominion  from  sea  to 
sea,  and  from  the  river  unto  the  ends  of  the  earth". 


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FROM  THE  SEMINARIES  OF 
OTHER  CHURCHES 

II 

BY  THE  EEVEEEND  EDGAE  YOUNG  MULLINS,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

President  of  the  Southern  Baptist  Theological  Seminary 

Louisville,  Kentucky 

Mr.  Chairman,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

I  WISH  to  acknowledge  the  great  honor  conferred 
upon  me  in  being  asked  to  represent  the  theological 
seminaries  of  the  Baptist  denominations  on  this  most 
interesting  and  notable  occasion,  and  I  rejoice  to  bring 
to  Princeton  the  congratulations  of  the  ten  or  twelve 
Baptist  seminaries  in  the  country. 

I  must,  in  a  very  few  minutes,  catch  a  train  for  an 
engagement  very  much  like  this  in  another  theological 
seminary,  and  really  I  feel  that  what  I  have  to  say  might 
be  eliminated  from  this  programme.  I  feel  very  much 
like  the  minister  who  got  a  note  one  Sunday  as  he  was 
about  to  begin  his  sermon.  His  wife  had  reached  the 
church,  and  had  seated  herself  in  a  crowded  pew,  when 
she  remembered  she  had  left  the  roast  beef  on  the  gas 
stove,  and  knew  that  unless  the  meat  was  taken  off  that 
there  would  be  no  roast  beef  for  dinner.  But,  with  the 
usual  resourcefulness  of  the  pastor's  wife,  she  wrote  a 
note  and  handed  it  to  her  brother,  who  was  an  usher, 
and  he,  with  the  usual  instinct  of  an  usher,  took  it  to  the 
pastor,  supposing  it  was  a  pulpit  notice.  And  just  as  the 
good  man  was  all  athrob  with  the  magnificent  message 
that  he  was  to  deliver,  he  opened  and  read  this  note,  "Go 
home  and  turn  off  the  gas. ' ' 

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I  am  not  quite  sure  but  that  the  reverse  of  that  would 
be  in  order  at  this  time,  turn  off  the  gas  and  go  home.  I 
have  allowed  me  ten  minutes.  It  is  a  serious  problem 
how  I  should  utilize  it.  I  feel,  from  the  Baptist's  point 
of  view,  I  might  try  to  stimulate  the  Presbyterian  con- 
science as  to  the  greatness  of  the  achievements  of  Pres- 
byterianism  during  the  last  one  hundred  years,  but  from 
the  addresses  I  have  heard,  I  do  not  think  you  need  any 
stimulus  of  that  kind.  I  did  think  of  speaking,  how- 
ever, on  another  line  which  has  been  greatly  neglected 
during  these  two  days,  viz.,  Calvinism;  but  that  is  too 
large  a  theme  for  a  man  to  undertake  to  discuss  in  ten 
minutes  in  the  absence  of  previous  discussion  on  the  pro- 
gramme.   By  the  way,  that  is  no  reflection  on  Calvinism. 

I  learned  Calvinism  in  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary—I didn't  come  here  as  a  student,  but  my  teacher 
of  theology  did.  James  P.  Boyce,  founder  of  the  South- 
ern Baptist  Theological  Seminary,  was  an  alumnus  of 
Princeton;  he  taught  me  theology.  He  was  one  of  the 
greatest  leaders  the  South  ever  had.  Basil  Manly,  a  pro- 
fessor of  the  institution  of  which  I  have  the  honor  to  be 
president,  was  an  alumnus  of  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary.  So  Princeton  is  a  household  word  in  the 
circle  of  the  institution  with  which  I  am  connected.  It 
is  a  special  joy,  therefore,  for  me  to  bring  you  greetings 
from  our  Faculty,  and  representatives  of  the  Baptist  in- 
stitutions of  the  country.  I  will  not  attempt,  in  these 
few  minutes,  to  indicate  what  we,  of  the  Baptist  semi- 
naries, feel  by  way  of  appreciation  of  the  work  done  by 
Princeton.  However,  if  I  were  to  attempt  to  do  this, 
I  would  sum  it  up  in  this :  three  perils  which  Princeton 
has  avoided,  and  three  conditions  which  she  has  fulfilled 
for  a  triumphant  Christianity. 

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In  the  first  place,  and  briefly,  the  three  perils  Prince- 
ton has  avoided.  First,  the  peril  of  reducing  Christian- 
ity to  the  vanishing  point  in  the  form  of  an  essence.  You 
have  taken  the  thing  itself  and  not  the  mere  essence  of 
it.  With  you,  Christianity  has  been  a  voice,  and  not  a 
scientific  echo  of  a  voice;  nor  a  humanitarian  echo  of 
an  echo  of  a  voice.  John  the  Baptist  crying  in  the 
wilderness  was  a  voice.  What  we  want  is  a  voice  and 
what  the  world  must  have  is  a  voice  if  it  is  to  have  a  feel- 
ing of  the  power  of  God  in  its  heart. 

Another  peril  Princeton  has  avoided,  as  we  interpret 
it:  it  has  not  eliminated  the  positive  note  from  Chris- 
tianity. We  believe,  and  you  believe  in  the  open  mind 
and  the  freedom  of  investigation,  but  you  have  appre- 
ciated the  fact  that  no  preaching  that  has  power  can  be 
without  the  positive  note.  You  will  not  do  much  with 
sinners  preaching  a  gospel  to  them  which  says :  - '  Except 
ye  repent"— as  it  were— "and  believe  the  gospel"— so 
to  speak— "you  will  be  damned"— in  a  measure.  That 
sort  of  a  message  does  not  carry  and  will  not  win.  Again 
you  have  avoided  the  peril  of  defining  Christianity  as 
esthetical  instead  of  moral  and  spiritual.  Inclination 
and  taste  do  not  determine  what  the  world  is.  With  you, 
religion  has  been  a  form  of  the  real,  an  order  of  fact ;  it 
has  been  based  upon  the  eternal  God  and  upon  the  God 
in  the  human  soul.    I  cannot  elaborate  this. 

The  three  conditions  which  we  think  this  institution 
has  fulfilled  and  which  are  the  essence  of  this  triumphant 
Christianity  are  these : 

First,  with  you,  Christianity  has  been  a  message 
rather  than  an  inquiry.  I  do  not  say  it  may  not  be  both, 
and  certainly  I  am  the  last  man  to  say  inquiry  is  not  in 
order  in  any  sphere,  but  Christianity,  to  be  a  power, 

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must  be  a  message.  Your  Dr.  van  Dyke  said  the  coat-of- 
arms  of  the  present  age  is  three  bishops  prone  and  above 
them  an  interrogation  point  rampant.  Princeton  has 
not  adopted  that  coat-of-arms.  Christianity  to  be  a 
power  must  be  a  message.  In  order  to  have  a  fact,  there 
must  be  definiteness.  The  soul  cannot  feed  on  abstrac- 
tions. Just  as  a  bird  cannot  fly  in  a  vacuum,  nor  a  tree 
root  itself  in  a  fog  bank,  nor  a  vine  climb  a  moonbeam, 
so  the  soul  cannot  subsist  upon  a  mere  abstraction  about 
God  and  about  religion. 

Christianity  and  religion  are  a  form  of  the  real,  and, 
in  a  scientific  age,  the  man  who  says  you  cannot  know, 
the  man  who  puts  an  interrogation  point  before  the  great 
realities  of  religion,  is  predestined  and  foreordained 
from  the  foundation  of  the  world  to  be  defeated  in  his 
effort  to  defend  religion  at  all. 

For  an  age  that  has  been  nurtured  at  the  breast  of 
physical  science  has  been  taught  to  love  the  living  and  the 
true,  and  unless  religion  is  brought  inside  the  category 
of  reality  and  truth,  religion  is  doomed.  And  we  and 
you  believe  religion  belongs  to  an  order  of  fact,  co-ordi- 
nate in  worth  as  order  of  fact,  as  real,  as  autonomous,  as 
authoritative  as  physical  science  in  its  own  sphere,  or 
any  other  department  of  human  investigation.  You  have 
fulfilled  that  condition.  Christianity  with  you  is,  first,  a 
message ;  second,  it  is  an  experience.  A  message  without 
an  experience  behind  it  is  powerless.  It  is  only  the  expe- 
rience that  can  give  momentum  to  the  message.  It  is 
utterly  impossible  for  theology  to  accomplish  anything 
unless  behind  it  is  a  life ;  so  I  say,  as  we  understand  you, 
you  have  stood  for  that. 

Imitation  Christianity  has  lost  its  power ;  mere  creedal 
Christianity  has  lost  its  power— a  gold  piece  is  worth 

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more  than  a  brass  piece,  but  an  imitation  gold  piece  isn't 
worth  any  more;  Beethoven's  compositions  have  more 
music  than  ragtime,  but  the  mere  notes  of  the  two  have 
no  difference  so  far  as  they  are  printed  on  the  page;  a 
fire  has  more  heat  than  an  iceberg,  but  the  picture  of  a 
fire  has  no  more  heat  than  the  picture  of  an  iceberg.  I 
say  reality  is  the  key-note,  and  without  it  our  creeds 
come  to  naught. 

Princeton  has  also  stood  for  the  conviction  that  there 
must  be  messengers  who  embody  the  message  and  the 
experience.  I  cannot  elaborate;  that  I  leave  with  you. 
These  are  the  three  fundamentals  of  triumphant  Chris- 
tianity which  we  believe  you  have  fulfilled.  The  trav- 
eller in  the  Alps,  around  the  valley  of  Chamonix  espe- 
cially, is  struck  by  the  fertility  of  all  the  region.  He  does 
not  understand  the  source  of  all  this  fertility  until  he 
discovers  the  many  streams  which  flow  down  Mt.  Blanc, 
which  lifts  its  head  fifteen  thousand  feet  in  the  air, 
snow-crowned  eternally.  As  Mt.  Blanc  enriches  the 
valleys  so  Princeton  Seminary  has  stood  like  Mt.  Blanc 
among  the  seminaries  of  this  country.  In  a  thousand 
ways,  you  have  not  known,  she  has  sent  down  her  largess 
of  blessing  into  the  valleys,  and  we  rejoice  in  what  she 
has  done.  And  the  reason  Mt.  Blanc  can  thus  bless  the 
valleys  is  because  she  lifts  her  head  to  the  very  skies 
where,  from  the  inexhaustible  heavens  themselves,  she 
draws  her  supply,  and  so  Princeton  has  drawn  her  sup- 
plies from  the  eternal  sources. 

So  we  join  you  today,  O  Princeton,  in  doing  honor  to 
Him  whose  name  is  above  every  name  to  us,  for  He  is 
the  centre  of  all  experience  for  us.  He  is  the  problem 
that  is  at  the  core  of  philosophic  thought ;  He  it  is  with 
whom  men  must  reckon. 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

Majestic  sweetness  sits  enthroned 

Upon  the  Saviour's  brow; 
His  head  with  radiant  glories  crowned, 

His  lips  with  grace  o  'erflow. ' ' 


I  join  with  you  in  saying— 


No  mortal  can  with  Him  compare, 
Among  the  sons  of  men ; 

Fairer  is  He  than  all  the  fair 
That  fill  the  heavenly  train. ' ' 


FROM  PRINCETON  UNIVERSITY 

BY  THE  EEVEEEND  JOHN  GRIER  HIBBEN,  Ph.D.,  LL.D. 
President  of  Princeton  University 

Mr.  Chairman,  President  Patton,  men  of  Princeton,  both 
of  the  University  and  of  the  Seminary  : 

I  AM  speaking  this  afternoon  not  only  for  the  present, 
but  also  for  the  past.  Many  voices  come  to  us  today, 
long  since  stilled,  it  is  true,  but  eloquent  in  our  memory ; 
I  speak  not  only  for  Princeton  University,  but  by  virtue 
of  our  historical  continuity,  also  for  the  College  of  New 
Jersey,  and  back  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey,  the  Log 
College,  and  back  of  the  Log  College,  the  school  house  on 
the  hills  of  Scotland  and  of  Ulster  in  Ireland. 

I  am  aware  of  the  fact,  and,  indeed,  it  is  one  of  our 
most  cherished  possessions,  that  the  men  who  founded 
the  College  of  New  Jersey  were  men  of  the  same  spirit 
and   of  the   same   faith   who   founded   the   Princeton 

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Theological  Seminary  one  hundred  years  ago,  and  the 
names  that  are  conspicuous  in  the  history  of  this  last 
century,  intimately  associated  with  the  Theological 
Seminary,  are  names  to  be  found  on  the  roll  of  the  Col- 
lege of  New  Jersey  and  Princeton  University;  the 
Greens,  the  Alexanders,  the  Millers,  the  Hodges  and  all 
the  long  roll  of  honor,  which  I  have  not  time  to  repeat 
name  by  name.  There  has  been  a  close  connection  of 
friendly  affiliation  between  our  two  institutions,  but  at 
the  basis  of  it  all  is  the  foundation  of  a  common  faith 
and  a  common  hope. 

With  that  as  our  present  day  inheritance,  upon  this  oc- 
casion, we,  who  are  here  representing  the  present  Prince- 
ton University,  pledge  you  that  we  will  endeavor,  so  far 
as  lies  within  us,  to  preserve  the  faith  and  hope  of  our 
fathers  and  to  remain  true  to  the  gospel  which  they  pro- 
fessed. 

As  president  of  Princeton  University,  I  am  not  only 
representing  today  the  various  branches  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  but  I  represent  all  the  denominations,  I 
think,  which  are  also  represented  in  your  gathering 
here,  all  the  Churches  that  have  come  to  bring  their 
greetings  to  Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  We,  in  a 
broad  spirit  of  tolerance,  uphold  the  ideals  of  the  Chris- 
tian faith  in  Princeton  University,  not  in  the  name  of 
any  one  denomination,  but  with  a  catholicity  that  ex- 
tends a  welcome  to  all  the  sects  of  Christendom.  There 
has  been  a  note  sounded  throughout  this  celebration  of 
Christian  unity,  and  we  can,  I  believe,  in  Princeton  Uni- 
versity, furnish  a  contribution  towards  this  end ;  because 
there  we  are  able  to  bring  together  these  various  faiths  of 
Christendom. 

The  point  of  contact  between  the  University  and  the 

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Theological  Seminary  today  is  that  of  the  department  of 
philosophy.  It  is  in  the  department  of  philosophy  that 
most  of  the  Seminary  students  come  to  us  as  graduate 
scholars ;  it  is  in  the  department  of  philosophy  that  the 
questions  emerge  which  are  the  great  central  questions, 
not  merely  of  the  theology  taught  by  Princeton,  but  the 
great  central  questions  of  life.  And  I  wish  to  state  to  you 
who  are  here  today,  that  as  regards  the  teachings  of 
Princeton  University,  we  stand  for  a  spiritualistic  phi- 
losophy in  an  age  of  materialistic  and  utilitarian  creeds. 
By  spiritual  philosophy  I  mean  that  we  would  interpret 
the  great  central  humanizing  power  of  the  universe  not 
merely  in  terms  of  Force  or  of  Power— spelling  these 
words,  if  you  please,  with  capital  letters— but  in  the 
name  of  a  person,  a  person  like  ourselves. 

I  am  not  afraid,  gentlemen,  of  the  charge  of  anthropo- 
morphism that  is  so  often  made.  It  is  urged  upon  us 
that  we  should  abstractly  interpret  God,  and  that  we 
should  assign  to  Him  only  negative  attributes.  When 
we  take  the  sum  total  of  negative  attributes,  however 
many  there  may  be,  the  sum  always  amounts  to  zero.  In 
the  place  of  that  interpretation  we  would  put  that  of  the 
personal  significance  of  God,  a  spirit  whom  we  can  wor- 
ship in  spirit  and  truth.  I  am  not  afraid  of  interpreting 
God  according  to  the  highest  and  best  and  noblest  that 
we  find  in  human  nature;  man  who  was  made  in  the 
image  of  God  must  be,  in  the  last  analysis,  the  standard 
for  the  interpretation  of  God.  And  that  is  not  humaniz- 
ing the  Divine.  It  is  because  we  recognize  in  our  con- 
sciousness the  divine  spark,  and  where  we  find  it  aflame 
in  the  highest  and  noblest  quality  of  man,  we  may  take 
that  as  an  indication— an  intimation,  if  you  please— an 
intimation,  if  not  a  definition,  of  the  nature  of  God.    I 

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refer  particularly  to  man  as  a  purposeful  being,  man  as 
you  find  him  today,  dominating  the  whole  face  of  the 
earth.  God  as  a  person  is  a  God  likewise  purposeful  in 
the  universe.  Man  is  not  like  the  plants  and  animals, 
incapable  of  adapting  his  environment  to  himself  and 
compelling  his  surroundings.  I  am  not  speaking  of  his 
physical  surroundings,  but  of  the  moral  and  mental  and 
spiritual  surroundings  of  his  life.  Is  it  not  the  great 
glory  of  these  men  who  have  gone  out  from  this  Seminary, 
as  they  were  praised  yesterday  afternoon,  that  they  have 
not  accepted  the  environment  of  the  world,  but  have 
gone  to  the  very  ends  of  the  earth  with  the  one  purpose 
of  creating  the  moral,  mental  and  spiritual  environment 
in  which  the  light  of  reason  might  shine  forth  and  the 
goodness  and  glory  of  God  be  manifest  ? 

The  great  strife  today  in  philosophy  is  in  reference  to 
the  doctrine  of  personality;  it  is  not  merely  whether 
there  is  a  personal  God  in  the  universe,  but  whether  in 
the  heart  of  the  human  being  there  is  a  person  or  only  a 
state  of  consciousness. 

We  stand,  in  Princeton  University,  for  the  central 
doctrine  of  personality,  that  the  man  is  a  soul,  that  he  is 
a  person  in  a  universe  of  persons.  And  the  one  doctrine 
today  that  grows  out  of  this,  which  we  must  insist  upon,  is 
that  the  persons  of  the  world  are  bound  together  in  one 
great  family,  that  we  are  all  one  organization.  We  can- 
not say  to  man,  "Go  out  into  the  world  and  follow  the 
law  of  the  animal  and  plant  evolution ;  go  into  the  world 
with  one  creed,  one  idea,  of  the  survival  of  the  fittest; 
do  what  you  please,  do  your  own  work,  push  forward, 
and  let  the  devil  take  the  hindmost."  We  insist  that 
this  is  not  the  doctrine  of  life.  It  is  not  the  survival 
of  the  fittest;  it  is  that  other  doctrine  which  has  come 

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down  to  us  from  the  beginning  of  the  Christian  centuries, 
that  man  is  in  this  world,  like  his  Master,  "Not  to  be 
ministered  unto,  but  to  minister. ' '  These  are  some  of  the 
fundamental  doctrines  that  our  philosophy  has  empha- 
sized, and  we  believe  finally,  that  all  philosophical 
thought  culminates  in  some  great  system  of  ethics,  the 
philosophy  of  conduct,  and  that  we  cannot  have  a  phi- 
losophy of  conduct,  as  a  great  German  philosopher  once 
insisted,  without  presupposing  the  fundamental  postu- 
lates of  God,  of  freedom  and  of  immortality. 


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RESPONSE  TO  CONGRATULATORY 
ADDRESSES 

BY  THE  REVEREND  FRANCIS  LANDEY  PATTON,  D.D.,  LL.D. 
President  of  the  Seminary 

MY  dear  friends,  it  is  the  duty  of  a  well  instructed 
host  to  " speed  the  parting  guest",  and  so  I  am  not 
intending  to  inflict  upon  you  anything  in  the  way  of  a 
long  speech,  but  it  is  my  privilege  to  say  a  word  or  two 
before  we  separate. 

There  has  been  going  through  my  mind,  during  the 
delivery  of  these  excellent  speeches  to  which  we  have 
been  listening,  a  verse  of  the  old  Scottish  version  of  the 
133rd  Psalm: 

"Behold,  how  good  a  thing  it  is, 
And  how  becoming  well ; 
Together  such  as  brethren  are, 
In  unity  to  dwell. ' ' 

And  amid  all  the  theological  diversities  and  the  ecclesias- 
tical differences  that  have  been  manifested  here,  it  has 
been  delightful  to  think  of  the  pervasive  spirit  of  unity 
that  has  characterized  our  celebration.  Not  that  I,  for 
a  moment,  feel  that  it  is  in  any  sense  derogatory  to  one's 
position  or  that  it  interferes  at  all  with  the  larger  charity 
we  should  have,  to  feel  an  interest  in  a  particular  form 
of  belief,  to  have  theological  preferences,  or  even  to  par- 
ticipate, for  that  matter,  in  theological  controversy ;  for 

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CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION  OF 

I  remember  reading,  a  great  many  years  ago,  a  very 
interesting  book  by  the  Earl  of  Crawford,  the  spirit  of 
which  is  very  well  indicated  by  its  title,  "Progress  by 
Antagonism".  I  think  the  world  owes  a  great  deal  to 
theological  controversy.  Creed-statements,  it  is  true, 
have  been  monuments  built  upon  the  battlefields  of  faith. 
They  commemorate  victories :  but  they  also  serve  to  pro- 
mote peace ;  for  they  indicate  the  points  in  which  Chris- 
tians agree  as  well  as  the  matters  in  which  they  differ. 

I  think  I  represent— I  am  speaking  personally  now,  I 
don't  pretend  to  be  official  about  it— but  I  think  that  I 
am  the  very  embodiment  of  broad  church  theology  in  the 
best  sense  of  that  phrase  when  I  say  that  I  haven't  any 
kind  of  prejudice  against  any  kind  of  belief  that  in  any 
kind  of  way  conserves  anything  that  is  of  intrinsic  inter- 
est and  permanent  value  to  mankind;  and  it  is  one  of 
the  interesting  things  connected  with  this  celebration 
that  so  many  men  of  so  many  phases  of  Christian  belief 
have  come  here  to  join  us  on  this  Centennial  occasion. 
There  are  times  when  it  is  important  for  us  to  emphasize 
points  of  difference  between  those  who  profess  and  call 
themselves  Christians ;  times,  that  is  to  say,  when  we  feel 
specially  called  upon,  whatever  be  the  denomination  to 
which  we  belong,  to  protest  against  what  we  conceive  to 
be  error.  This,  however,  is  an  occasion  when  it  is  fitting 
that  we  should  recognize  our  points  of  agreement  and 
rejoice  that  we  hold  so  much  theological  territory  in  com- 
mon. We  have  been  very  much  gratified  by  letters  of 
congratulation  we  have  received  from  our  friends  in  this 
country  and  our  friends  across  the  sea,  in  fact  from  all 
parts  of  the  world.  Not  the  least  gratifying  by  any 
means  are  those  that  have  come  to  us  from  Roman  Catho- 
lic institutions,  regretting  that  they  could  not  be  with  us, 
expressing  the  fact  that,  of  course,  they  differed  with  us 

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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

and  we  with  them,  but  at  the  same  time  recognizing  the 
service  that  Princeton  has  done  in  the  world  in  certain 
phases  of  scientific  theology.  I  wish  that  representatives 
from  some  of  these  institutions  had  been  with  us  today— 
and  there  is  one  such  representative— for  if  they  had 
been,  I  would  have  said,  "Now,  my  friends,  you  know  I 
differ  with  you  a  great  deal,  but  I  want  to  tell  you  that  as 
between  the  present  Pope  of  Rome  and  the  Modernists, 
I  would  vote  for  the  Pope  of  Rome  every  time. ' '  I  will  go 
farther  and  say,  that  should  there  ever  come  a  day  when 
men  use  the  sacred  name  of  Jesus  to  disguise  sentimental 
atheism,  we  shall  have  reason  to  reckon  among  the  im- 
portant forces  in  the  religious  world  those  organizations 
which  lay  special  emphasis  upon  the  first  article  of  the 
Apostles'  Creed,  "I  believe  in  God  the  Father  Almighty, 
Maker  of  heaven  and  earth".  I  want  to  say  that  so  far  as 
the  theology  of  Princeton  Seminary  is  concerned— and 
I  admit  that  its  peculiarities  have  not  been  brought  into 
the  foreground  during  this  celebration— I  think  you  will 
go  away  with  the  conviction  that  at  all  events,  it  is  not 
yet  actually  dead.  I  do  not  think  that  it  is  even  mori- 
bund, but  I  wish  to  say  that,  if  it  should  die  and  be 
buried,  and  in  the  centuries  to  come,  the  theological 
palaeontologist  should  dig  it  up  and  pay  attention  to  it, 
he  will  be  constrained  to  say  that  it  at  least  belonged  to 
the  order  of  vertebrates. 

Oh,  gentlemen,  you  who  have  come  to  us  over  long  dis- 
tances by  land  and  sea,  you  who  have  come  to  us  from 
other  Churches  with  varying  theological  convictions,  you 
who  have  come  back  to  sit  under  the  old  roof -tree  once 
more  and  to  get  fresh  inspiration  from  the  old  Mother, 
we  thank  you  for  coming;  you  have  made  us  glad  that 
you  have  been  here,  and  now,  as  you  go  away,  God  speed 
you  on  your  journey  and  God  bless  you  in  your  work. 

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